PTEROPOD


Meaning of PTEROPOD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈter-ə-ˌpäd ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Pteropoda, group name, from Greek pteron wing + New Latin -poda

Date: 1835

: any of the opisthobranch mollusks comprising two orders (Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) and having the anterior lobes of the foot expanded into broad thin winglike swimming organs

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.