Definition of Molluscs. Meaning of Molluscs. Synonyms of Molluscs

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Definition of Molluscs

Mollusc
Mollusc Mol"lusc, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Mollusk.
mollusc
Mollusk Mol"lusk, n. [F. mollusque, L. mollusca a kind of soft nut with a thin shell, fr. molluscus soft, mollis soft. See Mollify.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Mollusca. [Written also mollusc.]

Meaning of Molluscs from wikipedia

- animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (/ˈmɒləsks/). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest...
- Terrestrial molluscs or land molluscs (mollusks) are an ecological group that includes all molluscs that live on land in contrast to freshwater and marine...
- to molluscs, debates arise about the relationships between the classes of living molluscs. In fact, some groups traditionally classified as molluscs may...
- simple eyes. There are between seven and eleven distinct eye types in molluscs. Molluscs have eyes of all levels of complexity, from the pit eyes of many gastropods...
- developed mantle Mollusc s****, which is formed by the mantle Siphon, which is a part of the mantle in some groups of molluscs "integument (molluscs)." Encyclopædia...
- particular family of freshwater molluscs, please follow the appropriate links in the lists below. The two major classes of molluscs have representatives in freshwater:...
- referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of aquatic molluscs (marine and freshwater) that have laterally compressed soft bodies enclosed...
- Molluscs of Venezuela may refer to: List of introduced molluscs of Venezuela List of molluscs of Falcón State, Venezuela List of marine molluscs of Venezuela...
- siphon is an anatomical structure which is part of the body of aquatic molluscs in three classes: Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda (members of these...
- dispute as to whether these s****-bearing molluscs form a monophyletic group (conchifera) or whether s****-less molluscs are interleaved into their family tree...