mollusc

• mollusk (US)

From French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (“thin-shelled”), from mollis (“soft”); see Proto-Indo-European *mel-.

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: mŏl'əsk, IPA^(key): /ˈmɒləsk/
• (General American) enPR: mäl'əsk, IPA^(key): /ˈmɑləsk/

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mollusc (plural molluscs)

1. A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.

   bivalve molluscs

2. (figuratively) A weak-willed person.

• (a weak-willed person): little girl, nose of wax, pushover

• conchiferan

• Mollusca on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “mollusc”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “mollusc”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "mollusc" in On-line Medical Dictionary, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1997–2005.
• "mollusc" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

• Collums, Culloms