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pteropod
CIDE DICTIONARY
pteropod, n. [Gr. wing-footed; a feather, wing + , , foot: cf. F. ptéropode.].
One of the Pteropoda. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pteropod, n. a marine gastropod with the middle part of its foot expanded into a pair of winglike lobes.
Etymology
PTERO- + Gk pous podos foot
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