Mollusk - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Mollusk :  (noun)

1: invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell [syn: mollusc, shellfish]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Mollusk : \Mol"lusk\, n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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