Heteropodan.
/hɛtəˈrɒpədə/ Zoology. With plural agreement.
(a) A group of Crustacea including forms with 14 feet, some of which are adapted for swimming. (b) An order or subclass of Gastropods, having the foot modified into a swimming organ. (c) A group of Echinoderms.
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1835 Penny Cycl. III. 24/2.
1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 92/2 Forskal places all the Heteropoda of Cuvier under his genus Pterotrachea.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 245 Both families of the Heteropoda are represented by fossil forms.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 324 The foot of the Heteropoda is differentiated into a more independent organ.
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heteˈropodan n. = heteropod n.
heteˈropodous adj. = heteropod adj.
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1835 Penny Cycl. III. 24/2 A genus of the heteropodous mollusca of Lamarck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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