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mollusc

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈmɒləsk/Part of speech nounSorted cllmosuStarts with MEnds with C0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell

Word origin

Borrowed from French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”).

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  • bivalve molluscs
  • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.
  • Searching for hard-shelled prey – molluscs, crabs and the like – there are two species of bear otter in Kanapoi.

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