mollusco — meaning in English

English meaning

• mollusc noun A soft-bodied invertebrate animal of the phylum Mollusca, usually protected by a hard shell.
• shellfish noun An aquatic animal with a shell, such as a crab, mussel, or oyster, especially one eaten as food.
• weakling noun A physically frail or sickly person.

Senses

mollusco is used for these senses in English:

• mollusc A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
• shellfish A culinary and nutritional term for several groups of non-piscine, non-tetrapod, aquatic animals that are used as a food source. The term often exclusively refers to edible aquatic crustaceans, bivalve mollusks and cephalopod mollusks; but sometimes echinoderms may be included as well.
• weakling (figuratively) A person of weak character, lacking in courage and/or moral strength.

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