Mollusk

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mollusk \Mol"lusk\, n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft
     nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See
     {Mollify}.] (Zool.)
     One of the Mollusca. [Written also {mollusc}.]
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mollusk
       n : invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed
           in a shell [syn: {mollusc}, {shellfish}]