molusco

Galician

Noun

molusco m (plural moluscos)

1. mollusc

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlus.ku/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlus.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /moˈluʃ.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /moˈlus.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /muˈluʃ.ku/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -usku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃku
• Hyphenation: mo‧lus‧co

Noun

molusco m (plural moluscos)

1. mollusc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca)

Spanish

Etymology

Singularization of translingual Mollusca, the phylum name, from Latin molluscus (“soft”), from mollis (“soft, delicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈlusko/ [moˈlus.ko]

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• Rhymes: -usko
• Syllabification: mo‧lus‧co

Noun

molusco m (plural moluscos)

1. mollusc

Adjective

molusco (feminine molusca, masculine plural moluscos, feminine plural moluscas)

1. molluscan

Further reading

• “molusco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014