English > mollusc: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell. |
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| Synonyms | mollusk, shellfish |
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| Member of | Mollusca, phylum Mollusca | gastropods |
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| Parts | carapace, shell, cuticle, shield | Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles |
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| shellfish | meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean) |
| Narrower | bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together |
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| cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk | marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles |
| chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore | Primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates |
| gastropod, univalve | A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes |
| scaphopod | burrowing marine mollusk |
| Broader | invertebrate | Any animal lacking a backbone or notochord |
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| Spanish | molusco, moluscos |
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| Catalan | mol·lusc |
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