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gas·tro·pod
(gas'trō-pod),Common name for members of the class Gastropoda.
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gastropod
(găs′trə-pŏd′)n.
Any of numerous mollusks of the class Gastropoda, characteristically having a single, usually coiled shell or no shell at all, a ventral muscular foot, and eyes and tentacles located on a distinct head, and including the snails, slugs, cowries, and limpets.
gas′tro·pod′ adj.
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gastropod
see GASTEROPOD.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005