gastropod

English

Etymology

French gastéropode,[1] from gastro- +‎ -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) and πούς (poús, “foot”)

Pronunciation

  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/

Noun

gastropod (plural gastropods)

  1. Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
    Hypernym: mollusc

Translations

References

  1. Cuvier, G (1795) “Second mémoire sur l'organisation et les rapports des animaux à sang blanc, dans lequel on traite de la structure des Mollusques et de leur division en ordres, lu à la Société d'histoire naturelle de Paris, le 11 Prairial, an III”, in Magazin Encyclopédique, ou Journal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Arts‎ (in French), volume 2, archived from the original on 2017-07-25, page 448

Romanian

Noun

gastropod n (plural gastropode)

  1. Alternative form of gasteropod

Declension

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