how to pronounce mollusc

/ˈmɒl.əsk/

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mollusc is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of mollusc in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that the octopus is a mollusc we belong …”

meanings of mollusc

noun:

A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
A weak-willed person.

mollusc frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word mollusc occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics mollusc can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that mollusc can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;