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{{also|mol·lusc}}
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|en|mollusk||US}}
* {{alt|en|mollusque||archaic}}

===Etymology===
{{bor+|en|fr|mollusque}}, from {{der|en|NL.|Mollusca}} (phylum name), from {{der|en|la|molluscus||thin-shelled}}, from {{m|la|mollis||soft}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmɒləsk/|a=RP}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmɑləsk/|a=GA}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-mollusc.wav|a=US}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun}}

# A [[soft]]-[[body|bodied]] [[invertebrate]] of the [[phylum]] [[Mollusca]], typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
#: {{hypo|en|conchiferan}}
#: {{coi|en|bivalve '''molluscs'''}}
# {{lb|en|figuratively}} A [[weak-willed]] person.
#: {{syn|en|little girl|nose of wax|pushover}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top-also|soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca|clam|oyster|mussel}}
* Abenaki: {{t|abe|als}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|weekdier}}
* Albanian: {{t+|sq|butak|m}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|رِخْوِيّ|m}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|կակղամորթ}}, {{t+|hy|մոլյուսկ}}, {{t+|hy|փափկամորթ}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|moluscu|m}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|molyusk}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|малю́ск|m}}, {{t|be|мяккаце́лы|m}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|খোলকী}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|blotvil}}
* Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|мекоте́ло|n}}
* Burmese: {{t+|my|ခရု}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|mol·lusc|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|軟體動物|tr=ruǎntǐ dòngwù}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|měkkýš|m}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|bløddyr|n}}, {{t|da|mollusk|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|weekdier|n}}, {{t+|nl|mollusk}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|molusko}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|mollusk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|nilviäinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|mollusque}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|molusco|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|მოლუსკი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Weichtier|n}}, {{t+|de|Molluske|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μαλάκιο|n}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|molisc}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|רַכִּיכָה|f|tr=rakikhá}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|सीप|m}}, {{t|hi|मोलस्क}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|puhatestű}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|lindýr|n}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|molusko}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|moluska}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|moileasc|m}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|mollusco|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|軟体動物|tr=なんたいどうぶつ, nantai dōbutsu}}
* Kannada: {{t+|kn|ಮೃದ್ವಂಗಿ}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|жұмсақденелі}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ខ្យង}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|연체동물(軟體動物)}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|моллюск}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ຫອຽ}}, {{t|lo|ຫອຍ}}, {{t|lo|ສັງຂາ}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|molusks|m}}, {{t|lv|gliemis|m}}
* Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|moliuskas|m}}, {{t|lt|minkštakūnis|m}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|мекотел|m}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|moluska}}
* Malayalam: {{t|ml|മൊളസ്ക}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kaiwhao}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|mn|нальахн хорхой}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|bløtdyr|n}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|molusc|m}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|نرمتنان|tr=narmtanān}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|mięczak|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|molusco|m}}
* Punjabi: {{t|pa|ਮੋਲਸਕਾ}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|moluscă|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|моллю́ск|m}}, {{t+|ru|мягкоте́лый|m}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|меку́шац|m}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|mekúšac|m}}
* Slovak: {{t+|sk|mäkkýš|m}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|mehkužec|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|molusco|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|blötdjur|n}}, {{t+|sv|mollusk|c}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|molusk}}, {{t|tl|kumabibi}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|моллюск}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|หอย}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|yumuşakça}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|mollýusk}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|молю́ск|m}}, {{t|uk|м'якоті́лий|m}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|مولسک|tr=molask}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|mollyusk}}
* Vietnamese: {{t|vi|động vật thân mềm}}
* Walloon: {{t+|wa|molusse|m}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|meddalog|m}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|מאָללוסק}}
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===References===
* {{pedia|Mollusca}}
* {{R:American Heritage 2000|mollusc}}
* {{R:Dictionary.com|mollusc}}
* {{R:CancerWEB|mollusc}}
* {{R:WordNet 2003|mollusc}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=cllmosu|Collums|Culloms}}

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