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Gasteropod Gasteropod Gas"ter*o*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Gastropod.
gasteropod Gastropod Gas"tro*pod, n. (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]
Gasteropoda Gasteropoda Gas`te*rop`o*da, n. pl. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Gastropoda.
Gasteropoda Gastropoda Gas*trop"o*da, n. pl., [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach
+ -poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes
most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and
fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat,
muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The
head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See
Mollusca. [Written also Gasteropoda.]
Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.:
(a) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the
Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and
Heteropoda. (b) The Euthyneura, including the
Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. (c) The Amphineura,
including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora.
Gasteropodous Gasteropodous Gas`ter*op"o*dous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Gastropodous.
Heteropoda Heteropoda Het`e*rop"o*da, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? other +
-poda.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed
into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as
Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
Heteropodous Heteropodous Het`er*op"o*dous, a. (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.
Peristeropodous Peristeropodous Pe*ris`ter*op"o*dous, a. [Gr. ? a pigeon + ?,
?, foot.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having pigeonlike feet; -- said of those gallinaceous birds
that rest on all four toes, as the curassows and megapods.
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.
Pulmogasteropoda Pulmogasteropoda Pul`mo*gas`te*rop"o*da, n. pl. [NL. & E.
Gasteropoda.] (Zo["o]l.)
Same as Pulmonata.
