mollusc: [18] Etymologically, a mollusc is a ‘soft’ creature. The word comes ultimately from Latin molluscus ‘soft’, a derivative of mollis ‘soft’. In classical times it was used as a noun for various ‘soft’ things, such as a sort of thinshelled nut and a species of fungus that grew from maple trees, but its application to a range of invertebrate animals seems to have been introduced by the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus in the mid-18th century.
Latin mollis (source also of English mollify [15]) goes back ultimately to Indo-European *mel-, *mol-, *ml- ‘grind’, which also produced English meal ‘flour’, mill, and molar. => meal, melt, mild, mill, molar, mollify
mollusc (n.)
see mollusk.
实用例句
1. There are two types of mollusc that are actively venomous.
有两种随时释放毒素的软体动物.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. The mollusc phylum includes all soft - bodied animals without backbones.
软体动物门包括所有无脊椎的软体动物.来自互联网
3. Embankment shell variety, mostly for the intertidal zone or shallow seabed sediment mollusc species present health.
