Meanings
- rareuncountableThe fear of molluscs.
A recent estimate suggests that 10,000 tonnes of whelks are landed in the UK each year. But nearly all of those get exported to South-East Asia. Why? Molluscophobia? Possibly.
2016, Tim Wharton, Richard Horsey, “Ugly Fish”, in Ugly Food: Overlooked and Undercooked, London: C. Hurst & Co., →ISBN, pages 132–1332 more examples
Mrs. Blethering herself was not overly bright but, worse yet, was afflicted by molluscophobia (a fear of slugs and snails), which might explain why she devised ever more gruesome methods of slug assassination.
2011, I. H. Smythe, “Slugfest”, in Stories for Animals, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 109For years I had been carrying the burden of molluscophobia, an extreme fear of snails. The presence of a snail could reduce me to an uncontrollable and quivering wreck within seconds.
2017, Maria Hocking, “Finding Self Love”, in Strip Naked and Re-Dress with Happiness: How to Survive and Thrive Through Personal Challenge, Great Britain: Practical Inspiration Publishing, →ISBN
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