gastropod

English

Etymology

French gastéropode,[1] from gastro- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, stomach) and πούς (poús, foot)

Pronunciation

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/

Noun

gastropod (plural gastropods)

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

Translations

References

  1. Cuvier, G (1795) “Second mémoire sur l'organisation et les rapports des animaux à sang blanc, dans lequel on traite de la structure des Mollusques et de leur division en ordres, lu à la Société d'histoire naturelle de Paris, le 11 Prairial, an III”, in Magazin Encyclopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts (in French), volume 2, archived from the original on 2017-07-25, page 448

Romanian

Noun

gastropod n (plural gastropode)

  1. Alternative form of gasteropod

Declension

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