molusco
Galician
Noun
molusco m (plural moluscos)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈlus.ku/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /moˈluʃ.ku/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /moˈlus.ko/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /muˈluʃ.ku/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -usku, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -uʃku
- Hyphenation: mo‧lus‧co
Noun
molusco m (plural moluscos)
- mollusc (soft-bodied invertebrate of phylum Mollusca)
Spanish
Etymology
Singularization of translingual Mollusca, the phylum name, from Latin molluscus (“soft”), from mollis (“soft, delicate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈlusko/ [moˈlus.ko]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -usko
- Syllabification: mo‧lus‧co
Noun
molusco m (plural moluscos)
Adjective
molusco (feminine molusca, masculine plural moluscos, feminine plural moluscas)
Further reading
- “molusco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024