Crossword-Solution: PTEROPODA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pteropoda | n. pl. | A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea. |
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| Class of mollusks | 2 answers |
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Sentences with PTEROPODA (5)
The rudimentary renal organs of the Ascidian are developed in the walls of the cavity in question; and an aquiferous chamber of smaller dimensions has the same relation to the kidney in Lamellibranchiata--in Gasteropoda, Heteropoda, Pteropoda, and dibranchiate Cephalopoda.
Note: The Pteropoda are divided into two orders: Cymnosomata, which have the body entirely naked and the head distinct from the wings; and Thecosomata, which have a delicate transparent shell of various forms, and the head not distinct from the wings.
See Theca, and Soma.] (Zoöl.) Defn: An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell.
Cephalopoda, Pteropoda, Pulmo-gasteropoda, and Branchio-gasteropoda, having resemblances of nervous system, and "all possessing that remarkable buccal apparatus, the Odontophore," are placed together by him as ODONTOPHORA.
The foot is always simple, with its flat crawling surface extending from end to end, but in the embryo _Limnaea_ it shows a bilobed character, which leads on to the condition characteristic of Pteropoda.
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Used 1 time in crossword archives (1974).