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mollusca
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
The molluscs or mollusks compose the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca . Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum, comprising about 23% of all the named marine organisms . Numerous ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mollusca \Mol*lus"ca\, prop. n. pl. [NL. See Mollusk .] (Zo["o]l.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, a phylum including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, and Pelecyopoda (syn. Bivalvia, formerly called Lamellibranchiata, ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1797, from Modern Latin mollusca , chosen by Linnaeus as the name of an invertebrate order (1758), from neuter plural of Latin molluscus "thin-shelled," from mollis "soft" (see melt (v.)). Linnæus applied the word to a heterogeneous group of invertebrates, ...
Usage examples of mollusca.
It is true that we first see polypiaria, crinoidea, articulata, and mollusca, but not exactly in the order stated by the author.
Cal laid out his last shell and spoke into his typer: 'phylum Mollusca, class Pelecypoda, order Taxodonta, suborder Arcacea, family - forget it, I'll have to look it up.
Its nets brought up numerous specimens of polypi and curious shells of mollusca.