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gastrophrenic |
gastrophryne |
gastrophryne carolinensis |
gastrophryne olivacea |
gastropneumatic |
gastropod
| gastropoda
| gastropodous
| gastroraphy
| gastroscope
| gastroscopic
gastropod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gastropod has 1 sense
- gastropod(n = noun.animal) univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes; Array is a kind of mollusc, mollusk, shellfish
is a member of class gasteropoda, class gastropoda, gasteropoda, gastropoda
has particulars: abalone, ear-shell, conch, snail, slug, seasnail, ancylus fluviatilis, freshwater limpet, river limpet, nudibranch, sea slug, aplysia punctata, sea hare, bubble shell, physa, cowrie, cowry, aplacophoran, solenogaster
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gastropod, n. (also gasteropod) any mollusc of the class Gastropoda that moves along by means of a large muscular foot, e.g. a snail, slug, etc.
Derivative
gastropodous adj.
Etymology
F gast{eacute}ropode f. mod.L gasteropoda (as GASTRO-, Gk pous podos foot)
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