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Definition of: gastropod
(gas′trə·pod) noun
Any of a large and diverse class (Gastropoda) of mollusks usually having a spiral shell and moving by means of a ventral muscular organ, including snails, slugs, limpets, and conches.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the class of gastropods. [<NL <Gk. gastēr stomach + pous, podos foot]
—gas·trop·o·dan (gas·trop′ə·dən), gas·trop′o·dous adjective
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