12 August, 2007

Random queries no. 124

One of a series of genuine search engine enquiries which successfully brought visitors to the Ministry.  Can I help?

mollusc derivation

I haven't exactly watched, but I'm pretty sure they reproduce. I doubt they spontaneously instantiate, nor precipitate out of rainwater.

If you mean the etymology of the word, it's from the French 'mollusque', itself from the Latin (and Linnean) 'Mollusca', meaning 'thin-shelled'.