gastropod

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

French gastéropode,[1] from gastro- +‎ -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, stomach) and πούς (poús, foot)

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Noun[edit]

gastropod (plural gastropods)

  1. Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
    Hypernym: mollusc

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Cuvier, G (1795) “Second mémoire sur l'organisation et les rapports des animaux à sang blanc, dans lequel on traite de la structure des Mollusques et de leur division en ordres, lu à la Société d'histoire naturelle de Paris, le 11 Prairial, an III”, in Magazin Encyclopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts[1] (in French), volume 2, archived from the original on 2017-07-25, page 448

Romanian[edit]

Noun[edit]

gastropod n (plural gastropode)

  1. Alternative form of gasteropod

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