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noun 
  1. A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
  2. (figuratively) A weak-willed person.
Translations: 
  • Dutch: weekdier , mollusk
  • French: mollusque
  • German: Weichtier , Molluske
  • Italian: mollusco
    (trans-mid)
  • Spanish: molusco
Etymology: From French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca (phylum name), from Latin molluscus (thin-shelled), from mollis (soft); see (pie, mel-).


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