mollusco

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bandiera italiana Italiano

esemplare di Rapana venosa un mollusco della famiglia Muricidae
un mollusco

Sostantivo

mollusco m sing (pl.: molluschi)

  1. (biologia) (zoologia) (malacologia) animale appartenente al phylum dei Molluschi
  2. (senso figurato) individuo senza spina dorsale

Sillabazione

mol | lù | sco

Pronuncia

IPA: /molˈlusko/

Etimologia / Derivazione

dal latino scientifico Mollusca, neutro plurale di molluscus ‘a guscio molle’, derivazione di mollis ‘molle’

Sinonimi

Parole derivate

Iponimi

Iperonimi

Traduzione

mollusques