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gastropoda

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.72 in modern English

Syllables
gas-tropo-da
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca .

Questions

What does gastropoda mean?
One of the classes of Mollusca, of great extent. It includes most of the marine spiral shells, and the land and fresh-water snails. They generally creep by means of a flat, muscular disk, or foot, on the ventral side of the body. The head usually bears one or two pairs of tentacles. See Mollusca .

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