Meaning Of The Word Pteropod
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Pteropod Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Pteropod?
pteropod in American English
any such animal of or relating to certain orders of small, thin-shelled or shell-less gastropod mollusks that swim by means of winglike lobes on the foot adjective: belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of the foot expanded into winglike lobes used in swimming noun: a pteropod mollusk pteropod in British English noun: any small marine gastropod mollusc of the group or order Pteropoda, in which the foot is expanded into two winglike lobes for swimming and the shell is absent or thin-walled |
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