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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024mol•lusk or mol•lusc /ˈmɑləsk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Invertebratesan animal without a backbone, having a soft body enclosed by a shell:Mollusks include snails and octopuses.
mol•lus•kan, mol•lus•can /məˈlʌskən/USA pronunciation adj., n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024mol•lusk (mol′əsk),USA pronunciation n. - Invertebratesany invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses.
Also, mol′lusc. - Neo-Latin Mollusca; see Mollusca
- French mollusque
- 1775–85;
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