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from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, a name applied to several groups.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun plural (Zoöl.) An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
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Joan Costa, Spain, for Malaspina Expedition, Specimen of a heteropoda, Pacific Ocean; 3.
The Seattle Times 2012
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