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Definition of Gastropod
1. Noun. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes.
Generic synonyms: Mollusc, Mollusk, Shellfish
Group relationships: Class Gasteropoda, Class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Specialized synonyms: 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
Definition of Gastropod
1. n. One of the Gastropoda.
Definition of Gastropod
1. Noun. Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gastropod
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Medical Definition of Gastropod
1. A member of the largest class of phylum Mollusca. Characteristics generally include: a foot upon which the rest of the body (called the visceral mass) sits, a well-developed head, a protective one-piece shell, and body torsion - where most of the visceral mass is twisted anticlockwise 180 degrees so that the back end of the animal is positioned over its head. The class includes the snails, slugs, sea hares, sea slugs, limpets, and abolone.Compare brachiopod. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastropod
Literary usage of Gastropod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [May, Note on the Value of the gastropod Apex as
a Means of Classification. —DR. BURNETT SMITH remarked that studies recently ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The garden-snail may be regarded as a typical gastropod. ... No known gastropod
has a bivalve shell. ... Л gastropod (Helix desertorum . crawling on the ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... ferous gastropod, ni, alimentary canal ; d, the true mouth. The Introvert is
not a simple one with complete range both in ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... whilst that of the gastropod ¡s external to the alimentary canal ... of the
gastropod proboscis is ted by pressure communicated by the muscular ..."
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