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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HETEROPOD

Het `er *o *pod, n. Etym: [Cf. F. hétéropode.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Heteropoda. -- a.

 

Defn: Heteropodous.

 

HETEROPODA

Het `e *rop "o *da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. -poda. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: 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. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Heteropoda.