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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gastropoda \Gas*trop"o*da\, n. pl., [NL., fr Gr ?, ?, stomach + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See {Mollusca}. [Written also {Gasteropoda}.] Note: The Gastropoda are divided into three subclasses; viz.: ({a}) The Streptoneura or Dioecia, including the Pectinibranchiata, Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa, and Heteropoda. ({b}) The Euthyneura, including the Pulmonata and Opisthobranchia. ({c}) The Amphineura, including the Polyplacophora and Aplacophora. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Gastropoda n : snails and slugs and their relatives [syn: {Gastropoda}, {class Gastropoda}, {Gasteropoda}, {class Gasteropoda}]
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