mollusc

• n. 软体动物

来自拉丁语mollis,软的，词源同melt,-isc,形容词后缀，即-ish.瑞典生物学家林奈借用该拉丁词指软体动物门，如贝类。

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.

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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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