PTEROPOD


Meaning of PTEROPOD in English

/ter"euh pod'/ , adj.

1. belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of the foot expanded into winglike lobes used in swimming.

n.

2. a pteropod mollusk.

[ 1825-35; Pteropoda (pl.); see PTERO-, -POD ]

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