• n. 軟體動物

來自拉丁語mollis,軟的，詞源同melt,-isc,形容詞后綴，即-ish.瑞典生物學家林奈借用該拉丁詞指軟體動物門，如貝類。

mollusc

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.

1. There are two types of mollusc that are actively venomous.

有兩種隨時釋放毒素的軟體動物.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. The mollusc phylum includes all soft - bodied animals without backbones.

軟體動物門包括所有無脊椎的軟體動物.

來自互聯網

3. Embankment shell variety, mostly for the intertidal zone or shallow seabed sediment mollusc species present health.

堤上貝殼種類豐富, 多為潮間帶或淺海泥沙海底軟體動物的現生種屬.

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