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Mollusca

MOLLUS'CA

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Noun.
[from L. mollis, soft.] In zoology, a division or class of animals whose bodies are soft, without an internal skeleton, or articulated covering. Some of them breathe by lungs, others by gills; some live on land, others in water. Some of them are naked; others testaceous or provided with shells. Many of them are furnished with feelers or tentacula.

Definition 2024


Mollusca

Mollusca

See also: mollusca

Translingual

Proper noun

Mollusca

  1. The molluscs:
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Protostomia.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Spiralia.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

mollusca

mollusca

See also: Mollusca

Latin

Pronunciation 1

Noun

mollusca f (genitive molluscae); first declension

  1. a kind of soft nut with a thin shell
Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative mollusca molluscae
genitive molluscae molluscārum
dative molluscae molluscīs
accusative molluscam molluscās
ablative molluscā molluscīs
vocative mollusca molluscae
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Adjective

mollusca

  1. nominative feminine singular of molluscus
  2. nominative neuter plural of molluscus
  3. accusative neuter plural of molluscus
  4. vocative feminine singular of molluscus
  5. vocative neuter plural of molluscus

Pronunciation 2

Adjective

molluscā

  1. ablative feminine singular of molluscus

Etymology 2

Inflected form of molluscum (fungus on the maple tree).

Pronunciation

Noun

mollusca

  1. nominative plural of molluscum
  2. accusative plural of molluscum
  3. vocative plural of molluscum