ˌhed.əˈräpədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from heter- + -poda
: a small division of Pectinibranchia (suborder Taenioglossa) formerly ranked as a separate order and comprising pelagic gastropod mollusks that swim at the surface with the ventral side up with a foot or a part of it forming a median fin and that have a transparent body and a transparent shell or none
• het·er·op·o·dous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷dəs adjective