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Webster 1913 Edition
Docoglossa
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Docˊo-glos′sa
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a beam + [GREEK] the tongue.]
(Zool.)
An order of gastropods, including the true limpets, and having the teeth on the odontophore or lingual ribbon.
Definition 2024
Docoglossa
Docoglossa
Translingual
Patella vulgata (common limpet)
Proper noun
Docoglossa
- A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – the true limpets.
Synonyms
- (order): Patellogastropoda
Hypernyms
- (order): Animalia - kingdom; Mollusca - phylum; Gastropoda - class; Eogastropoda - subclass
Hyponyms
- (order): Lepetopsina, Nacellina, Patellina (suborders)
- Metoptomatidae (family, incertae sedis)