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molluscan

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From phylum name Mollusca + -an.

adjective

  1. not comparable Pertaining to molluscs. There are various ways of dealing with the fact that you are suddenly surrounded by creature who can see and would like to eat you, but one way, a molluscan specialty, is to grow a hard shell and live within or beneath it.

noun molluscans

  1. A mollusc.

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"molluscan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/molluscan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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molluscan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/molluscan

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"molluscan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/molluscan.

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@misc{molluscan_2026,
  title = {molluscan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/molluscan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}