gasteropodagastropodan.
/ɡastəˈrɒpədə//ɡaˈstrɒpədə/ Zoology.
With plural agreement. A class or group of molluscs (including the snails, limpets, etc.), so called from the ventral position of the locomotive organ.
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gasteropoda1828
1828 J. Stark Elements Nat. Hist. II. 59 M. Cuvier has given the name of Gasteropoda to all the animals of this class which have a foot or muscular disc proper for crawling.
1851 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca i. 7 In the gasteropoda, or snails, the under side of the body forms a single muscular foot.
1878 F. J. Bell tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 319 These relations are different in the Gastropoda.
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gastˈropodan adj. and n. (also gaste'ropodan) = gasteropod n. and adj.
gasteˈropodic adj. = gasteropodous adj.
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1876 F. Harrison Choice Bks. (1886) 123 Your argument..done into gasteropodic prose, is simply that the human kind have utterly gone backward since the statue was carved.
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