Noun: gasteropod
Usage: archaic
Usage: archaic
- A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
"Snails and slugs are common gasteropods";
- gastropod, univalve
Derived forms: gasteropods
Type of: mollusc, mollusk [N. Amer], shellfish
Part of: class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda
Encyclopedia: Gasteropod