skəˈfäpədə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from scaph- + -poda
: a small class of Mollusca comprising bilaterally symmetrical marine forms that have a tapering tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spade-shaped foot for burrowing, many long slender prehensile oral tentacles about a mouth containing a radula, a rudimentary heart, no gills, and separate sexes whose reproductive products escape through the right kidney — see tooth shell ; compare gastropoda
• sca·phop·o·dous -dəs adjective