— molluskan, molluscan /meuh lus"keuhn/ , adj. , n. — mollusklike , adj.
/mol"euhsk/ , n.
any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
Also, mollusc .
[ 1775-85; mollusque Mollusca; see MOLLUSCA ]