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noun
the phylum comprising the mollusks.
Origin:
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin, neuter plural of Latin molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft
1790–1800; < Neo-Latin, neuter plural of Latin molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft
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Mollusca
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Mollusca
1797, from Mod.L. mollusca, chosen by Linnaeus as the name of an invertebrate order (1758), from L. neut. pl. of molluscus (see mollusk).
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