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• Molluscs

  [mol-uh sk] /ˈmɒl əsk/ noun 1. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses. n. 1783, mollusque (modern spelling from 1839), from French mollusque, from Modern Latin Mollusca (see […]

• Molluscum

  [muh-luhs-kuh m] /məˈlʌs kəm/ noun, plural mollusca [muh-luhs-kuh] /məˈlʌs kə/ (Show IPA). Pathology. 1. any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors. molluscum mol·lus·cum (mə-lŭs’kəm) n. pl. mol·lus·ca (-kə) Any of various skin diseases marked by the occurrence of soft spherical tumors on the face or the body.

• Molluscum contagiosum

  molluscum contagiosum molluscum con·ta·gi·o·sum (kən-tā’jē-ō’səm) n. An infectious disease of the skin caused by a virus of the family Poxviridae and characterized by the appearance of small, pearly, umbilicated papular epithelial lesions containing many inclusion bodies.

• Mollusk

  [mol-uh sk] /ˈmɒl əsk/ noun 1. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses. n. 1783, mollusque (modern spelling from 1839), from French mollusque, from Modern Latin Mollusca (see […]

• Mollusks

  [mol-uh sk] /ˈmɒl əsk/ noun 1. any invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a calcareous shell of one, two, or more pieces that wholly or partly enclose the soft, unsegmented body, including the chitons, snails, bivalves, squids, and octopuses. n. 1783, mollusque (modern spelling from 1839), from French mollusque, from Modern Latin Mollusca (see […]

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