mollusc UK /ˈmɒləsk/US /ˈmɑləsk/ noun2 •A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp. — 2016 •(figurative) A weak-willed person. formsmolluscs