Mollusca
n. phylum of soft bodied animals with no backbone, phylum of mollusks mollusc n. invertebrate animal with a soft body and a hard shell (i.e. oysters, mussels, snails, cuttlefish, etc.), mollusk molluscum n. disease characterized by softness of the skin (Pathology) | ||||
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Mollusca Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Mollusca
(n. pl.)
One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.
(n. pl.)
One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.
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Mollusca
Noun
1. gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
(synonym) phylum Mollusca
(hypernym) phylum
(member-holonym) Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
(member-meronym) mollusk, mollusc, shellfish
Noun
1. gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons
(synonym) phylum Mollusca
(hypernym) phylum
(member-holonym) Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom
(member-meronym) mollusk, mollusc, shellfish
molluscum
Noun
1. any skin disease characterized by soft pulpy nodules
(hypernym) skin disease, disease of the skin, skin disorder, skin problem, skin condition
(hyponym) molluscum contagiosum
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mollusca
mollusca
\mol*lus"ca\ (?), n. pl. [nl. see mollusk.] (zo?l.) one of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes cephalopoda, gastropoda, pteropodascaphopoda, and lamellibranchiata, or conchifera. these animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. they are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.
note: formerly the brachiopoda, bryzoa, and tunicata were united with the lamellibranchiata in an artificial group called acephala, which was also included under mollusca. see molluscoudea.
similar words(2)
anthoid mollusca
purple of mollusca
mollusca
\mol*lus"ca\ (?), n. pl. [nl. see mollusk.] (zo?l.) one of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes cephalopoda, gastropoda, pteropodascaphopoda, and lamellibranchiata, or conchifera. these animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. they are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or multivalve.
note: formerly the brachiopoda, bryzoa, and tunicata were united with the lamellibranchiata in an artificial group called acephala, which was also included under mollusca. see molluscoudea.
similar words(2)
anthoid mollusca
purple of mollusca
Mollusca Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Mollusca
The molluscs (British spelling) or mollusks (American spelling) are members of the very large and diverse phylum Mollusca. Molluscs include a wide variety of animals such as clams and snails, squid and octopus, which are well-known and valued by humans either as seafood or for their decorative shells. Molluscs live in a wide variety of habitats, in the oceans, on land and in freshwater.
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