mollusc

«mollusc» in Mova's school dictionary: an animal with a soft body and no backbone, which often… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (a mollusc, molluscs; US: mollusk)

meaning for a pupil

A mollusc is an animal with a soft body and no backbone, which often has a hard shell; snails, slugs, clams, mussels, oysters, octopuses and squid are molluscs. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons on classification, molluscs are invertebrates, a huge group living on land, in fresh water and in the sea. Octopuses and squid are clever molluscs without outer shells. Phrases: «a sea mollusc», «molluscs and crustaceans».

examples

• A snail is a mollusc with a coiled shell. tree →
• Slugs are molluscs that have no shell. tree →
• Octopuses are very clever molluscs. tree →
• We found mollusc shells on the beach. tree →
• Mussels and oysters are molluscs that live in the sea. tree →
• A mollusc has no backbone. tree →

note

UK, Australia and New Zealand: «mollusc»; USA: «mollusk»; Canada uses both. Plural «molluscs». Crabs and prawns are not molluscs; they are crustaceans.

Trees and pragmatics

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