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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One of the rudimentary ctenidia of the phyllidiobranchiate gastropods, as limpets, called by Lankester capitopedal bodies.
  • noun In cestodes, an outgrowth from the side of the scolex, probably serving as an organ of locomotion or of attachment.

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