molluscoidadj.n.
/məˈlʌskɔɪd/, U.S. /məˈləsˌkɔɪd/ A. adj.
1. Zoology. Of or characteristic of the phylum Mollusca or the former division Molluscoidea; resembling a mollusc. Latterly chiefly in extended use.
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molluscoid1852
molluscoidan1890
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > belonging to
molluscous1813
molluscoid1852
molluscoidal1872
molluscoidan1890
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > resembling
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1852 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 142 596 In the Molluscoid Tunicata a heart and a system of blood-vessels exist only in the branchial portion of the body.
1855 Eng. Cycl., Nat. Hist. III. 858 The Molluscoid subdivision of the neural forms.
1877 J. Le Conte Elements Geol. (1879) i. 296 Their affinities [sc. those of the Polyzoa] are probably molluscoid.
1985 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Nov. vii. 11/1 The dominant image of the tough girl terrorist takes the molluscoid shape—blurred and soft-bodied inside, only enclosed by a hard crustacean shell.
1997 Observer (Nexis) 6 July 56 Perhaps they are not God's little joke but His little warning, a molluscoid memento mori to our species.
2. Medicine. Resembling molluscum or a molluscum.
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molluscous1837
molluscoid1874
1874 W. Tay tr. F. Hebra & M. Kaposi On Dis. Skin III. 335 All molluscoid growths.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 926 Molluscoid acne.
1979 Helvetica Paediatrica Acta 34 281 The molluscoid pseudotumors regressed when d-penicillamine was reduced or omitted.
1995 Clin. & Exper. Dermatol. 20 406 The most common site involved [in Pityrosporum folliculitis] was the trunk (95%) in the form of papules, pustules and molluscoid lesions.
B. n.† 2. Medicine. A molluscoid skin lesion, spec. one of molluscum fibrosum. Obsolete. rare.
1. Zoology. An animal of the phylum Mollusca or the former division Molluscoidea. Now rare.
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molluscoid1855
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1855 W. S. Dallas in Syst. Nat. Hist. I. 416 The Bryozoa and the Tunicata..have been formed into a separate subdivision, the Molluscoids.
1871 T. Gill Arrangem. Families of Mollusks (Smithsonian Misc. Coll. No. 227) p. xi The orders of Conchifers and of all the Molluscoids are adopted simply as appearing to be the best that have been devised, and not because they are those likely to be ultimately confirmed.
1891 Amer. Naturalist 25 56 In the second volume the authors promise to treat of the Arthropods, Molluscs, Molluscoids, Tunicates, and Amphioxus.
1916 Sci. Monthly Oct. 28 The evolution of each of these invertebrate types follows the laws of adaptive radiation and in the case of the articulates, molluscs, and molluscoids extends into the terrestrial and arboreal habitat zones.
1943 Amer. Naturalist 77 11 In the other, or ‘enteroblast series’ (including Sagitta, Molluscoids, Echinoderms and Chordates) there is, primatively, a radial change.
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spongoid inflammation1808
molluscum1841
molluscoid1892
1892 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Molluscoid, same as Molluscum fibrosum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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