molluscan
English
editEtymology
editFrom phylum name Mollusca + -an.
Adjective
editmolluscan (not comparable)
- Pertaining to molluscs. [from 19th c.]
- 2016, Peter Godfrey-Smith, Other Minds, William Collins, published 2018, page 45:
- There are various ways of dealing with the fact that you are suddenly surrounded by creature who can see and would like to eat you, but one way, a molluscan specialty, is to grow a hard shell and live within or beneath it.
Noun
editmolluscan (plural molluscans)
- A mollusc. [from 19th c.]