-dēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Mollusca + -oidea
in some classifications : a phylum of invertebrate animals distinguished by possession of a lophophore and typically including the present groups Brachiopoda, Bryozoa, Entoprocta, and Phoronidea
• mol·lus·coi·de·an | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|skȯidēən adjective or noun