molluscus, a, um, adj. [mollis].
I Soft : mollusca nux; and absol. : mollu-sca , ae, f., a kind of soft nut with a thin shell , Plaut. ap. Macr. S. 2, 14; Plin. 15, 22, 24, § 90.—
II Subst.: molluscum , i, n., a fungus that grows on the maple-tree , Plin. 16, 16, 27, § 68.