mollusk

Other forms of mollusk

plural

mollusks·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about mollusk

What does mollusk mean?

mollusk means "invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell".

How many syllables are in mollusk?

mollusk has 2 syllables: mol-lusk. The stress falls on "mol". In IPA it is /ˈmɑləsk/.

What is another word for mollusk?

Close synonyms include mollusc, shellfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mollusk a common word?

mollusk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.