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Noun: gasteropod
Usage: archaic
  1. 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