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Malakos
Malakos
means "
soft
" in
Greek
.
Malakia
"softness" is the Classical Greek term for
effeminacy
.
Malakas, "Adam" in the
Philippine mythology
.
"
Malacology
" is the study of the
invertebrate
phylum
“
Mollusca
” which are “soft bodied”
animals
, although most also have
shell
s. It would not be the equivalent of
Conchology
since that word refers to the shell (
conch
) rather than the soft tissues.
There is a Greek scientific “Malacological” journal which bears the name
“Malakos”
. There are also several shell collector websites which bear this name, one in
Greece
, and other in
Spain
.
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