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from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of pteropods, of the class Pteropoda, having distinct head and foot, no mantle or developed shell (whence the name), the head usually provided with tentacles, and the fins attached to the neck.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.
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