molluscum

[ muh-luhs-kuh m ]

/ məˈlʌs kəm /

any of various skin conditions characterized by soft, rounded tumors.

Origin of molluscum

1805–15; < New Latin, Latin: fungus, noun use of neuter of molluscus soft; akin to mollis soft

mol·lus·cous, adjective

Described in the Voyage de la Coquille, and represented as a molluscous animal destitute of a shell.

A Conchological Manual |George Brettingham Sowerby
The same holds good, with certain limitations, in Molluscous and Radiated animals.

The History of Creation, Vol. I (of 2) |Ernst Haeckel
The Molluscous Gasteropoda have the organs of respiration formed for aerial respiration, or for respiration under water.

The Ocean World: |Louis Figuier
In estuaries it feeds on crustaceous and molluscous animals and small fish, which it obtains by diving.

British Birds in their Haunts |Rev. C. A. Johns

It is also applied to imitations of such stones in glass, called “pastes,” or on the shells of molluscous animals.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 |Various

molluscous

[ mə-lŭs′kəs ]

Of, relating to, or resembling molluscum.

molluscum

[ mə-lŭs′kəm ]

Any of various skin diseases marked by the occurrence of soft spherical tumors on the face or the body.