Example sentences from the Web for mollusc

There is just this difference, that the movement of the member in the mollusc is altogether contractile.
The Ocean World:|Louis Figuier
The arrack had been carried off, and the mollusc lay, entirely destroyed, on one side.
In the Eastern Seas|W.H.G. Kingston
Sometimes one is found in the body of the mollusc itself, but it is generally in the shell.
In the Eastern Seas|W.H.G. Kingston
We were too hungry to wait, so we sat down to our mollusc meal.
The Perils and Adventures of Harry Skipwith|W.H.G. Kingston

Was then the mollusc or the chief the root from which the god grew up?
The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions|Carveth Read

mollusc

US mollusk

/ (ˈmɒləsk) /

noun

any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, having a soft unsegmented body and often a shell, secreted by a fold of skin (the mantle). The group includes the gastropods (snails, slugs, etc), bivalves (clams, mussels, etc), and cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopuses, etc)

Derived forms of mollusc

molluscan or US molluskan (mɒˈlʌskən), adjective, nounmollusc-like or US mollusk-like, adjective

Word Origin for mollusc

C18: via New Latin from Latin molluscus, from mollis soft

Words nearby mollusc

Mollie, Mollier diagram, mollify, mollisol, mollities, mollusc, Mollusca, molluscoid, molluscous, molluscum, molluscum contagiosum

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	mollusc
释义	Example sentences from the Web for mollusc There is just this difference, that the movement of the member in the mollusc is altogether contractile. The Ocean World:\|Louis Figuier The arrack had been carried off, and the mollusc lay, entirely destroyed, on one side. In the Eastern Seas\|W.H.G. Kingston Sometimes one is found in the body of the mollusc itself, but it is generally in the shell. In the Eastern Seas\|W.H.G. Kingston We were too hungry to wait, so we sat down to our mollusc meal. The Perils and Adventures of Harry Skipwith\|W.H.G. Kingston Was then the mollusc or the chief the root from which the god grew up? The Origin of Man and of his Superstitions\|Carveth Read mollusc US mollusk / (ˈmɒləsk) / noun any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, having a soft unsegmented body and often a shell, secreted by a fold of skin (the mantle). The group includes the gastropods (snails, slugs, etc), bivalves (clams, mussels, etc), and cephalopods (cuttlefish, octopuses, etc) Derived forms of mollusc molluscan or US molluskan (mɒˈlʌskən), adjective, nounmollusc-like or US mollusk-like, adjective Word Origin for mollusc C18: via New Latin from Latin molluscus, from mollis soft Words nearby mollusc Mollie, Mollier diagram, mollify, mollisol, mollities, mollusc, Mollusca, molluscoid, molluscous, molluscum, molluscum contagiosum Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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