mollusca

• mollusca: (Classical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [mɔlˈlʲʊs̠kä]
• mollusca: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [molˈluskä]
• molluscā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.kaː/, [mɔlˈlʲʊs̠käː]
• molluscā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [molˈluskä]

Feminine of molluscus (“soft”), from mollis (“soft”).

mollusca f (genitive molluscae); first declension

1. a kind of soft nut with a thin shell

First-declension noun.

mollusca

1. inflection of molluscus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

molluscā

1. ablative feminine singular of molluscus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [mɔlˈlʲʊs̠kä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /molˈlus.ka/, [molˈluskä]

mollusca

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of molluscum