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scaphopod definition

scapho·pod (skaf′ə päd′)

noun

any of a class (Scaphopoda) of mollusks that live in muddy or sandy sea bottoms and have slightly curved, tubular shells open at both ends with a long, pointed, protrusile foot at the larger end

Etymology: < Gr skaphos, a ship (see scaphoid) + -pod

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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