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Webster 1913 Edition


Heteropoda

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Hetˊe-rop′o-da

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] 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.