Gastropod

Gastropod

A type of mollusk that has a head with eyes and feelers and a muscle under its body.

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gastropod

Archaeology; Evolution

Meaning "stomach foot," this name refers to the class of mollusks that contains the most species. Gastropods include snails and slugs that are marine, freshwater, and terrestrial.

gastropod

Animals; Rodents

A type of mollusk that has a head with eyes and feelers and a muscle under its body.

gastropod

Culinary arts; Cooking

Often referred to as a univalve, a gastropod can be any of several mollusks with a single (univalve) shell and single muscle. Among the more common gastropods are the abalone, ...

gastropods

Fishing; Marine fishery

Snails and other mollusks (e.g. abalone, Queen conch, and cones) that typically possess a coiled dorsal shell and a ventral creeping foot.

gastropod

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

Any mollusk belonging to the class Gastropoda, characterized by a distinct head with eyes and tentacles and, in most, by a single calcareous shell that is closed at the apex, ...

gastropod

Medical; Health care; Medicine

A class in the phylum mollusca comprised of snails and slugs. The former have coiled external shells and the latter usually lack shells.

squirrel

Animals; Rodents

Squirrels belong to the family Sciuridae of small or medium-sized rodents. They are original from America, Eurasia, and Africa (although they first appeared 40 years ago in ...