n.
Variant: or mol · lusc
Pronunciation: ' mä-l ə sk
Function: noun
Etymology: French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca, from Latin, neuter plural of molluscus thin-shelled (of a nut), from mollis
Date: 1783
: any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (as snails, clams, or squids) with a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a calcareous shell broadly : SHELLFISH
– mol · lus · can also mol · lus · kan \ m ə - ' l ə s-k ə n, mä- \ adjective