gastropod.
(Doof gastero - and ? ´podo).
1. adj. Zool. He said the terrestrial or aquatic molluscs which have a fleshy foot which crawl. The head is more or less cylindrical and bears the mouth at its anterior end and the part dorsal one or two pairs of tentacles, and the body is commonly protected by a shell of a piece and very variable way depending on the species, almost always rolled spiral; e.g., the purple and snails. U t. c. s.
2. m. pl. Zool. Class of these molluscs.
ORTOGR. ESCR. with may. initial.
