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Noun: gastropod  'gas-tru,pód
  1. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
    "The gastropod left a slimy trail as it moved across the rock";
    - univalve, gasteropod [archaic]

Derived forms: gastropods

Type of: mollusc, mollusk [N. Amer], shellfish

Part of: class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda

Encyclopedia: Gastropod