Definition of Pteropods

1. Noun. (plural of pteropod) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pteropods

1. pteropod [n] - See also: pteropod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropods

pterocarpans
pterodactyl
pterodactylane
pterodactyls
pterophore
pterophores
pterophyte
pterophytes
pteropid
pteropids
pteropine
pteropod
pteropodine
pteropodines
pteropodous
pteropods (current term)
pteropogon
pterosaur
pterosaurian
pterosaurians
pterosaurs
pterostigma
pterostigmata
pterostilbene
pterostilbenes
pteroyl
pteroyl glutamic acid
pteroylglutamic
pteroylglutamic acid
pteroylmonoglutamic acid

Literary usage of Pteropods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"In the majority of the shell-bearing pteropods the shell is symmetrical, ... The pteropods are all hermaphrodite, and the young pass through a metamorphosis ..."

2. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1862)
"They constitute however a truly aberrant group, having affinities with the pteropods on the one hand, and with both Gasteropoda and Cephalopods on the other ..."

3. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1897)
"Nicholson. (37) ' Graptolites of the Quebec Group.' James Hall. (39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites, pteropods, Cephalopods, ..."

4. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1897)
"(39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites, pteropods, Cephalopods, Graptolites,' &c. Extracted from the ' Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme.' Barrande. ..."

5. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1898)
"James Hall. (39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites. pteropods, Cephalopods, Graptolites,' &c. Extracted from the ' Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme. ..."

6. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1895)
"(39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites, pteropods, Cephalopods, Graptolites,' &c. Extracted from the ' Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme.' Barrande. ..."

7. Bulletin (1899)
"From the so called Pteropod marls, which are probably allied in age, Etheridge reports * three genera of pteropods, to wit, ..."

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