Gastropod

Word GASTROPOD
Character 9
Hyphenation gas tro pod
Pronunciations /ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/

Definitions and meanings of "Gastropod"

What do we mean by gastropod?

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. noun

Etc. See gasteropod, etc.

One of the Gastropoda. noun

Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk. noun

A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes noun

Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.

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The word "gastropod" in example sentences

The surface a gastropod is on must be sufficiently wet, the air humidity adequately high, and its food of a high enough water content so that daily activity doesn’t result in a negative water balance. (8 words shorter.) ❋ AYDIN (2009)

The substrata with which a terrestrial gastropod is in contact must be sufficiently wet, the air humidity adequately high, and perhaps its food of a high enough water content so that the animal’s daily activity does not result in a negative water balance. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

4. The names of both groups end with the suffix pod; a gastropod is a "stomach-foot", while an isopod is an "equal-foot". ❋ AYDIN (2007)

Here is a large gastropod shell that was cut open. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

About 10 days ago, Christopher Taylor over at Catalogue of Organisms had a post about the terrestrial gastropod superfamily Gastrodontoidea. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

Of course, there are many details and variations among different gastropod taxa that still need to be worked out. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

"I didn't leave with the best impression," said Jeremiah Bullfrog, who now runs a mobile "gastropod" out of a 1962 Airstream trailer based in Miami. ❋ Unknown (2011)

That this is the general mechanism of gastropod locomotion was deduced a long time ago. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

Robert Robertson (Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia): Sexual dimorphism in the marine gastropod Tricolia variabilis complex. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

TGGeko (UID#2562) on August 23rd, 2009 at 9: 23 pm dawww, what an adorable gastropod! ❋ Unknown (2009)

In The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating Algonquin, $18.95, Bailey explains how she became fascinated with the creature, studying its habits, taking comfort in its routines and poring over gastropod literature for snail-related arcana. ❋ Aaron Leitko (2011)

In a real gastropod, there is a wave-like motion within the sole that usually starts at the tip of the tail and moves forward to the head. ❋ AYDIN (2009)

His later work has focused on the distribution of barnacles in the Hackensack River of New Jersey, gastropod feeding on detritus of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis from polluted and non-polluted areas, toxicity tests of Roundup on fiddler crabs and ribbed mussels, studies of Spartina alterniflora and Phragmites australis as habitat for ribbed mussels in the Meadowlands of New Jersey, and studies of benthic biodiversity prior to reverse osmosis in China. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That the price of a bye-election (as opposed to its value) was uppermost in this coprophilous gastropod tells you all you need to know about the mindset of your average member of The Ovine & The Bovine. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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