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Webster 1913 Edition

Basommatophora

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Ba-somˊma-toph′o-ra

(bȧ-sŏmˊmȧ-tŏf′ō̍-rȧ)

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

βάσισ

base +

ὄμμα

eye +

φέρειν

to bear.]

(Zool.)

A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.