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Webster 1913 Edition

Malacozoa

‖

Malˊa-co-zo′a

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

μαλακόσ

soft +

ζῶ,ον

an animal.]

(Zool.)

An extensive group of Invertebrata, including the

Mollusca

, Brachiopoda, and Bryozoa. Called also

Malacozoaria

.