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.
双语例句
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.
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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.
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3. Embankment shell variety, mostly for the intertidal zone or shallow seabed sediment mollusc species present health.
堤上贝壳种类丰富, 多为潮间带或浅海泥沙海底软体动物的现生种属.
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英英释意
1. invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
实用场景例句
Embankment shell variety, mostly for the intertidal zone or shallow seabed sediment mollusc species present health.
堤上贝壳种类丰富, 多为潮间带或浅海泥沙海底软体动物的现生种属.
期刊摘选
There are two types of mollusc that are actively venomous.
