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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries연체동물
Pronunciation / Transliteration: yeonche-dongmul
"오징어는 대표적인 연체동물입니다."
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An invertebrate of a large phylum which includes snails, slugs, mussels, and octopuses, typically having a soft unsegmented body enclosed in a shell.
"Octopuses and squids are intelligent marine mollusks without external shells."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Early 19th century: from modern Latin Mollusca (neuter plural of medieval Latin molluscus 'soft', based on Latin mollis 'soft'), so named because of the soft body.
10 Global Lexicons: How "Mollusk" is said worldwide
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mollusque
Transliteration: mollusque
"La seiche est un mollusque marin fascinant."
Weichtier
Transliteration: Weichtier
"Die Schnecke ist ein bekanntes Weichtier."
mollusco
Transliteration: mollusco
"Le cozze sono un tipo di mollusco molto popolare."
molusco
Transliteration: molusco
"El pulpo es un molusco sin concha externa."
molusco
Transliteration: molusco
"A ostra é um molusco bivalve."
मृдук
Transliteration: mriduk
Script: मृदुक
"घोंघा एक प्रकार का मृदुक है।"
软体动物
Transliteration: ruǎntǐ dòngwù
"章鱼是一种海洋软体动物。"
연체동물
Transliteration: yeonche-dongmul
"오징어는 대표적인 연체동물입니다."
軟体動物
Transliteration: nantai dōbutsu
"タコやイカは軟体動物の仲間です。"
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