PTEROPOD

Meaning of PTEROPOD in English

[ 'tɛrəpɒd ]

■ noun Zoology a sea butterfly.

Origin

C19: from mod. L. Pteropoda , from Gk pteron 'wing' + Gk pous , pod- 'foot'.

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PTEROPOD — noun Etymology: New Latin Pteropoda, group name, from Greek pteron wing + New Latin -poda Date: 1835 any of the …
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PTEROPOD — I. ˈterəˌpäd adjective Etymology: New Latin Pteropoda : of or relating to the Pteropoda II. noun ( -s ) : …
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PTEROPOD — (n.) One of the Pteropoda.
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PTEROPOD — ( n. ) One of the Pteropoda.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PTEROPOD — /ter"euh pod'/ , adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of …
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PTEROPOD — noun Etymology: New Latin Pteropoda, group name, from Greek pteron wing + New Latin -poda Date: 1835 : any of …
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PTEROPOD — noun one of the pteropoda.
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PTEROPOD — [ptero.pod] n [NL Pteropoda, group name, fr. Gk pteron wing + NL -poda] (1835): any of the opisthobranch mollusks comprising …
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PTEROPOD — also called sea butterfly small marine gastropods of the subclass Opisthobranchia having a pair of winglike flaps (parapodia) that are …
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PTEROPOD — n. a marine gastropod with the middle part of its foot expanded into a pair of winglike lobes. [PTERO- + …
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PTEROPOD — n. a marine gastropod with the middle part of its foot expanded into a pair of winglike lobes. [ PTERO- …
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PTEROPOD — n. a marine gastropod with the middle part of its foot expanded into a pair of winglike lobes. Etymology: PTERO- …
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PTEROPOD — n. Pronunciation: ' ter- ə - ˌ päd Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Pteropoda, group name, from Greek pteron wing …
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WING — I. ˈwiŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English winge, wenge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish …
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SNAIL — I. ˈsnāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old …
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CLIONIDAE — I. klīˈänəˌdē, -īˈōn- noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Cliona, type genus + -idae : a family (order …
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CLIO — I. ˈklī(ˌ)ō noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Clio, one of the Muses, also, a sea nymph, from Latin, …
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WING SNAIL — noun : pteropod
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WING SHELL — noun 1. obsolete : elytron 2. a. : any of various marine bivalves of the family Pteriidae and especially the …
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WING-FOOTED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. : having winged feet : swift , fleet wing-footed messenger 2. : having the anterior lobes of …
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SEA BUTTERFLY — noun : pteropod
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PTEROPODIUM — ˌterəˈpōdēəm noun ( plural pteropo·dia -ēə) Etymology: New Latin pterop- (from Pteropoda ) + -podium : a pteropod's foot
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PTEROPODIDAE — ˌterəˈpädəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pteropod-, Pteropus, type genus + -idae : a family of fruit …
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HYOLITHES — hīˈäləˌthēz noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably from hy- + -lithes (from Greek lithos stone) : a genus of …
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FLYING SNAIL — noun : pteropod
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CLIONE — -ˌnē noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Clio : a genus (the type of the family Clionidae) of …
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WING (11) — (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming.
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WING-SHELL — (n.) Any pteropod shell.
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WING-FOOTED — (a.) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- …
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SEA BUTTERFLY — () A pteropod.
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FIN — (n.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks.
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OOZE — pelagic (deep-sea) sediment of which at least 30 percent is composed of the skeletal remains of microscopic floating organisms. Oozes …
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