heteropoda

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heteropoda - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Heteropoda \Het`e*rop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? other +
     -poda.] (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]