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FISHTERM bilingual dictionary Search results for 'Mollusk' (1 record(s))

RECORD 1

RECORD No.	276
AUTHOR	ELAD D. F.
DATE OF CREATION	2022-3-10
LAST UPDATE	2023-09-16 00:00:00

FRENCH

SUBJECT FIELD

Ressources halieutiques

(Hiérarchie : Halieutique > Gestion des pêches > Ressources halieutiques)

Pêche

(Hiérarchie : Halieutique > Pêche)

Mariculture

(Hiérarchie : Halieutique > Aquaculture > Mariculture)

TERM

* Mollusque
statut: préféré

PART OF SPEECH

nom masculin

ETYMOLOGY

ÉTYM. 1771; lat. sc. molluscus, créé par Cuvier d'après le lat. Emprunt au latin impérial mollusca (nux), ‘(noix) à écorce molle’

ETYMOLOGY SOURCE

Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).
Grand Robert de la langue française, en 6 volumes version 2.0 (2005).

DEFINITION

embranchement du règne animal, qui comprend des métazoaires au corps mou et non segmenté, souvent recouvert d’une coquille calcaire

PLURAL

Mollusques ;

DEFINITION SOURCE

Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).

ENGLISH

SUBJECT FIELD

Fishery resources

(Hierarchy: Fisheries > Fisheries management > Fishery resources)

Fishing

(Hierarchy: Fisheries > Fishing)

Mariculture

(Hierarchy: Fisheries > Aquaculture > Mariculture)

TERM

* Mollusk
statut: préféré ;
* mollusk (noun)
statut: admis

PART OF SPEECH

noun

PLURAL

Molluscs ;

Mollusks ;

ETYMOLOGY

Borrowing from Classical French mollusque, ‘mollusc’; from scientific Latin Mollusca, ‘phylum of invertebrate animals, comprised of gastropods, cephalopods, bivalves, etc.’; from Classical Latin molluscus, ‘with a soft shell’; from Classical Latin mollis, ‘soft’.

ETYMOLOGY SOURCE

Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).

DEFINITION

any of the invertebrate animals in the phylum Mollusca that have soft, unsegmented bodies and often live in water and have external shells.

DEFINITION SOURCE

Antidote bilingual 10 v2.1 (2019).

NOTES

BrE: Molluc; AmE: mollusk