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from The Century Dictionary.

  • A group of gastoropodous mollusks in which the heart has only one auricle, the true breathing organ is single, and there is a single kidney. It includes the great majority of the marine univalves, all of the fresh-water and laud operculates, as well as the Heteropoda. Contrasted with Diotocardia.

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