pteropod
Limacina helicina
Meaning
Noun
- Any of free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, of the suborder Thecosomata (suborder), that have winglike lobes on the feet; a sea butterfly.
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Origin
- From Ancient Greek πτερόν ("wing, feather") + ποδός, genitive singular of πούς. Equivalent to ptero- + -pod.
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