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.