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Definition of: gastropod

(gastrə·pod) noun
Any of a large and diverse class (Gastropoda) of mollusks usually having a spiral shell and moving by means of a ventral muscular organ, including snails, slugs, limpets, and conches.
adjective Of or pertaining to the class of gastropods.
[<NL <Gk. gastēr stomach + pous, podos foot]
—gas·trop·o·dan
(gas·tropə·dən), gas·trop′o·dous adjective

Most often used phrases:

gastropod mollusk
marine gastropod
gastropod mollusks
pulmonate gastropod
snails gastropod
gastropod mollusc
gastropod molluscs
gastropod families
shell less gastropod
opisthobranch gastropod
gastropod genus
aquatic gastropod
operculate gastropod
gastropod species
nudibranchs gastropod

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