Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the foot fitted for burrowing, as a mollusk; of or pertaining to the Scaphopoda.
- noun A member of the Scaphopoda; a tooth-shell.
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- noun
tusk shell
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun burrowing marine mollusk
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The diagram above shows the early cleavages of the embryo of the scaphopod mollusc, Dentalium.
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For “C”, use a scaphopod, caecum, or dislodged curled-up chiton in profile.
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The diagram above shows the early cleavages of the embryo of the scaphopod mollusc, Dentalium.
Polar lobes and trefoil embryos in the Precambrian - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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By contrast, a number of others (including scaphopod and some bivalve mollusks, as well as many annelids) deviate from rotational symmetry to a much greater degree than
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Morgan Q. Goulding 2009
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By contrast, a number of others (including scaphopod and some bivalve mollusks, as well as many annelids) deviate from rotational symmetry to a much greater degree than
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