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单词 molluscan
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molluscanadj.n.

Brit. /məˈlʌsk(ə)n/, U.S. /məˈləsk(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Mollusca n., -an suffix.
Etymology: < Mollusca n. + -an suffix.
Zoology.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of the phylum Mollusca.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > relating to or having character of
molluscan1828
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Molluscan, pertaining to the mollusca, or partaking of their properties.
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 255 The superiority of the Insect over the Molluscan tribes.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species ix. 288 The molluscan genus Chiton offers a partially analogous case.
1883 Good Words Aug. 531/2 The molluscan population of our British shores.
1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 591/2 Some are perforating algae and burrow into the substance of molluscan shells.
1957 G. E. Hutchinson Treat. Limnol. I. xv. 818 Both the molluscan fauna and the higher vegetation have been reduced by the accumulation of the element.
1989 S. J. Gould Wonderful Life (1991) 217 The jaws of Wiwaxia (recalling the molluscan radula).
2000 C. Tudge Variety of Life ii. vii. 226 We see how hazardous it is to guess the real number of living molluscan species.
B. n.
An animal of the phylum Mollusca; a mollusc.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [noun] > mollusc or shell-fish
shellfishc888
oyster1419
cochle?1527
shale-fish1596
scale-fish1601
shell1751
ox-heart1753
mollusc1783
molluscum1832
molluscan1835
polybranchian1839
coquillage1851
whale-feed1853
siphonate1877
scungille1953
1835 W. Kirby On Power of God in Creation of Animals I. viii. 236 The Cirripedes..seem to have little to do with the bivalve Molluscans.
1852 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Crustacea Pt. I 5 We find essentially the nervous system of a molluscan with a crustacean structure.
1978 Jrnl. Cell Biol. 79 454 Smooth muscles responsible for smooth and slow body movement of molluscans.
1992 Fishery Technol. 29 99 The landings consisted of crustaceans (12%), molluscans (2.7%) quality fish (29.4%), [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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