molluscoidaladj.
/ˌmɒləsˈkɔɪdl/, U.S. /ˌmɑləsˈkɔɪd(ə)l/ Zoology. rare.
= molluscoid adj. 1.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > belonging to
molluscous1813
molluscoid1852
molluscoidal1872
molluscoidan1890
molluscoidean1890
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > resembling
molluscoid1852
molluscoidal1872
molluscoidan1890
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) xi. 309 At an ancient epoch the highest and lowest molluscoidal animals [1869 (ed. 5) molluscs]..swarmed in numbers.
1956 Jrnl. Philos. 53 700 In my now sadly overworked molluscoidal illustration I described a case where a series of apparently discrete acts were directed toward what I call a single purpose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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