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- adjective rare  Alternative spelling of 
molluscan . 
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Examples
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FIVE TWENTY-FIVE P.M. During the next half hour, cramped in the sex-saturated cockpit of the Porsche, accompanied by the silver whips and molluskan castanets of the rain; and uninterrupted by monkey chatter (Andrà apparently having grown bored and fallen asleep), Larry Diamond serenades you with a medley of unfamiliar and generally unfathomable notions.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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Salvage is far more lucrative than gathering fish or molluskan products.
Cachalot Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1980
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(2 of 2) "Seafood is becoming more and more popular, and molluskan shellfish are becoming a more popular item," Adams said.
unknown title 2009
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(2 of 2) "Seafood is becoming more and more popular, and molluskan shellfish are becoming a more popular item," Adams said.
unknown title 2009
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"Breeding of the molluskan model Potamopyrgus antipodarum in water bottles made of glass and plastic [polyethylene terephthalate (PET)] resulted in an increased reproductive output of snails cultured in
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"Breeding of the molluskan model Potamopyrgus antipodarum in water bottles made of glass and plastic [polyethylene terephthalate (PET)] resulted in an increased reproductive output of snails cultured in
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"Breeding of the molluskan model Potamopyrgus antipodarum in water bottles made of glass and plastic [polyethylene terephthalate (PET)] resulted in an increased reproductive output of snails cultured in
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"Breeding of the molluskan model Potamopyrgus antipodarum in water bottles made of glass and plastic [polyethylene terephthalate (PET)] resulted in an increased reproductive output of snails cultured in
BeverageDaily RSS 2009
 
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