mollusc

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

   The shell belonged to a small marine mollusc.

2. 2
   noun

   A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.

   bivalve molluscs

3. 3
   noun

   A weak-willed person.

   The shell belonged to a small marine mollusc.

Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).

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