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prefix
Forms terms relating to molluscs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
prefix
Soft.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of. By surface analysis, malac- + -o-.
