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Re mollusc or mollusk
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 15:15:07 -0500
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From Webster's on-line dictionary

Main Entry: mol·lusk
Variant(s): or mol·lusc /'mä-l&sk/
Function: noun
Etymology: French mollusque, from New Latin Mollusca, from Latin, neuter
plural of molluscus thin-shelled (of a nut), from mollis
Date: 1783
: any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (as snails,
clams, or squids) with a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a
calcareous shell; broadly : SHELLFISH
- mol·lus·can also mol·lus·kan /m&-'l&s-k&n, mä-/ adjective

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