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Pteropoda
Pteropoda Pte*rop"o*da, n. pl. [NL.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea. Note: The Pteropoda are divided into two orders: Cymnosomata, which have the body entirely naked and the head distinct from the wings; and Thecosomata, which have a delicate transparent shell of various forms, and the head not distinct from the wings.
Pteropodous
Pteropodous Pte*rop"o*dous, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.

Meaning of Pteropod from wikipedia

- Pteropoda (common name pteropods, from the Gr**** meaning "wing-foot") are specialized free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, marine opisthobranch...
- Martens in 1676 and became the first gymnosomatous (without a s****) "pteropod" to be described. Clione limacina australis (Bruguière, 1792) Clione limacina...
- clade Heterobranchia. Sea angels were previously referred to as a type of pteropod. Sea angels are also sometimes known as "sea butterflies" but this is potentially...
- Creseis acicula is a species of pteropod, a distant type of sea-slug. It is in the family Creseidae. Creseis acicula's size varies from 0.5–3.3 cm (0.2–1...
- amino acids (MAAs) in phytoplankton, a herbivorous pteropod (Limacina helicina), and its pteropod predator (Clione antarctica) in McMurdo Bay, Antarctica"...
- the order Gymnosomata. Both of these orders are still referred to as "pteropods". Sea butterflies of the order Thecosomata have a s****, while sea angels...
- Heliconoides inflatus is a species of sea butterfly, a type of pteropod. Sinistrally coiled, involute pigmented s****. Has large paired fins. Right tentacle...
- Cymbulia sibogae is a mollusk and species of pteropod. The species was first recorded in Hawaii off the Kona Coast of the Big Island. It is a pelagic species...
- Pteropoda (also included within the informal group Opisthobranchia). Most pteropods have some form of calcified s****, although it is often very light, even...
- Paedoclione doliiformis has no s****. It is a gelatinous, mostly transparent pteropod, and it only has a s**** in its embryonic stage.[citation needed] The orange...