mollusc

See also: mol·lusc

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (US) mollusk

EtymologyEdit

From French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”); see Proto-Indo-European *mel-.

PronunciationEdit

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mŏl'əsk, IPA^(key): /ˈmɒləsk/
• (US) enPR: mäl'əsk, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːləsk/

NounEdit

mollusc (plural molluscs)

1. A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
2. (figuratively) A weak-willed person.

TranslationsEdit

soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca — See also translations at clam,‎ oyster,‎ mussel

• Abenaki: als
• Afrikaans: weekdier
• Albanian: butak (sq) m
• Arabic: رِخْوِيّ‏‎ m (riḵwiyy)
• Armenian: կակղամորթ (hy) (kakłamortʿ), մոլյուսկ (hy) (molyusk), փափկամորթ (hy) (pʿapʿkamortʿ)
• Asturian: moluscu m
• Azeri: molyusk
• Belarusian: малю́ск m (maljúsk)
• Bengali: খোলকী (kholki)
• Breton: blotvil (br)
• Bulgarian: молу́ска f (molúska), мекоте́ло (bg) n (mekotélo)
• Burmese: ခရု (my) (hka.ru.)
• Catalan: mol·lusc m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軟體動物 (zh), 软体动物 (zh) (ruǎntǐ dòngwù)

• Czech: měkkýš (cs) m
• Danish: bløddyr (da) n
• Dutch: weekdier (nl) n, mollusk (nl)
• Esperanto: molusko
• Estonian: mollusk (et)
• Finnish: nilviäinen (fi)
• French: mollusque (fr)
• Galician: molusco (gl) m
• Georgian: მოლუსკი (molusḳi)
• German: Weichtier (de) n, Molluske (de) f
• Greek: μαλάκιο (el) n (malákio)
• Hebrew: רַכִּיכָה‏‎ (he) f (rakichá)
• Hindi: सीप (hi) m (sīp), मोलस्क (molask)
• Hungarian: puhatestű
• Icelandic: lindýr (is) n
• Ido: molusko (io)
• Indonesian: moluska (id)
• Italian: mollusco (it) m
• Japanese: 軟体動物 (ja) (なんたいどうぶつ, nantai-dōbutsu)

• Kazakh: ұлу (ulw), моллюск (mollywsk)
• Khmer: ខ្យង (km) (kcɑɑŋ, kyɑɑŋ)
• Korean: 연체동물 (ko) (yeonchedongmul) (軟體動物 (ko))
• Kyrgyz: моллюск (mollyusk)
• Lao: ຫອຽ, ຫອຍ, ສັງຂາ (sang khā)
• Latvian: molusks m, gliemis m
• Lithuanian: moliuskas (lt) m, minkštakūnis m
• Malay: moluska
• Maori: kaiwhao
• Mongolian: нальахн хорхой (nalʹahn horhoj)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: bløtdyr n

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: mięczak (pl) m
• Portuguese: molusco (pt) m
• Romanian: moluscă (ro) f
• Russian: моллю́ск (ru) m (molljúsk), мягкоте́лый (ru) m (mjaxkotélyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: мекушац m

  Roman: mekušac (sh) m

• Slovak: mäkkýš (sk) m
• Slovene: mehkužec (sl) m
• Spanish: molusco (es) m
• Swedish: blötdjur (sv) n
• Tagalog: molusk, kumabibi
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: หอย (hɔ̌i)
• Turkish: yumuşakça (tr)
• Turkmen: mollýusk
• Ukrainian: молю́ск m (moljúsk)
• Urdu: مولسک‏‎ (molask)
• Uzbek: mollyusk
• Vietnamese: động vật thân mềm
• Yiddish: מאָללוסק‏‎ (mollusk)

ReferencesEdit

• Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “mollusc” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.
• “mollusc” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–.
• "mollusc" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
• "mollusc" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

AnagramsEdit

• Collums, Culloms