pteropodan

Variant of pteropod

adjective

of or relating to certain orders of small, thin-shelled or shell-less gastropod mollusks that swim by means of winglike lobes on the foot

Origin: < ModL Pteropoda: see ptero- & -pod

noun

any such animal

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