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pteropod
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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PTEROPOD
Pter "o *pod, n. Etym: [Gr. ptéropode.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Pteropoda.
PTEROPODA
Pte *rop "o *da, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea.
Note: The Pteropoda are divided into two orders: Cymnosomata, which have the body entirely naked and the head distinct from the wings; and Thecosomata, which have a delicate transparent shell of various forms, and the head not distinct from the wings.
PTEROPODOUS
PTEROPODOUS Pte *rop "o *dous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.
New American Oxford Dictionary
pteropod
pter o pod |ˈterəˌpäd ˈtɛrəpɑd | ▶noun Zoology a small mollusk with winglike extensions to its body that it uses for swimming. [● Orders Thecosomata (with shells ) and Gymnosomata (lacking shells ), class Gastropoda. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Pteropoda (plural ), from Greek pteron ‘wing ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot. ’
Oxford Dictionary
pteropod
pteropod |ˈtɛrəpɒd | ▶noun Zoology a sea butterfly. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from modern Latin Pteropoda (plural ), from Greek pteron ‘wing ’ + pous, pod- ‘foot ’.
Duden Dictionary
Pteropode
Pte ro po de Substantiv, maskulin , der |Pterop o de |der Pteropode; Genitiv: des Pteropoden, Plural: die Pteropoden meist im Plural Meeresschnecke mit ruderartigem Fuß; Ruderschnecke
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