mollusc

Word family adjectivemolluscanmolluscicidalnounmolluscicidemolluscmolluscoid

Related topics: Animals

mol·lusc British EnglishBrE, mollusk American English /ˈmɒləsk $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countableC]

HBAa type of sea or land animal that has a soft body covered by a hard shell 软体动物

snails and other molluscs

蜗牛和其他软体动物

—molluscan /məˈlʌskən/ adjectiveadj

molluscan prey

被捕食的软体动物

Examples from the Corpus

mollusc• I pictured my navel, soft and curled like a mollusc.• The typical life cycle is indirect, and the intermediate host is usually a mollusc.• A mollusc past the initial stages of growth increases in size without significantly changing the orientation and relative proportions of its organs.• This humble mollusc can be unreservedly recommended as it is hardy and lives exclusively on algae.• The fossil record is silent on this transition, but the earlier stages of mollusc evolution are becoming clear.• There are two types of mollusc that are actively venomous: the cone shells and the blue-ringed octopus.• It is a small mollusc, the size of a mussel, that starts life as a tiny free-swimming speck of jelly.• This symmetry is required basically for optimum structural strength and to suitably accommodate the mollusc it protects.

单词	mollusc
释义	mollusc Word family adjectivemolluscanmolluscicidalnounmolluscicidemolluscmolluscoid Related topics: Animals mol·lusc British EnglishBrE, mollusk American English /ˈmɒləsk $ ˈmɑː-/ noun [countableC] HBAa type of sea or land animal that has a soft body covered by a hard shell 软体动物 snails and other molluscs 蜗牛和其他软体动物 —molluscan /məˈlʌskən/ adjectiveadj molluscan prey 被捕食的软体动物 Examples from the Corpus mollusc• I pictured my navel, soft and curled like a mollusc.• The typical life cycle is indirect, and the intermediate host is usually a mollusc.• A mollusc past the initial stages of growth increases in size without significantly changing the orientation and relative proportions of its organs.• This humble mollusc can be unreservedly recommended as it is hardy and lives exclusively on algae.• The fossil record is silent on this transition, but the earlier stages of mollusc evolution are becoming clear.• There are two types of mollusc that are actively venomous: the cone shells and the blue-ringed octopus.• It is a small mollusc, the size of a mussel, that starts life as a tiny free-swimming speck of jelly.• This symmetry is required basically for optimum structural strength and to suitably accommodate the mollusc it protects.
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