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Mol·lus·ca    Audio Help   [muh-luhs-kuh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
the phylum comprising the mollusks.
[Origin: 1790–1800; < NL, neut. pl. of L molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft]
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mol·lus·cum    Audio Help   [muh-luhs-kuhm] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ca    Audio Help   [-kuh] Pronunciation Key. Pathology.
any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors.
[Origin: 1805–15; < NL, L: fungus, n. use of neut. of molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft]

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mol·lus·cous, adjective
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mol·lus·cum    Audio Help   (mə-lŭs'kəm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. mol·lus·ca (-kə)
Any of various skin diseases in which soft spherical tumors form on the face or other part of the body.


[Latin, a kind of fungus, from neuter of molluscus, soft; see mollusk.]

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mollusca

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gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons 

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Mollusca

A*ceph"a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, adj. neut. pl., headless. See Acephal.] (Zo["o]l.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.
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