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单词 Pteropoda
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Definition of Pteropoda in English:

Pteropoda

noun təˈrɒpədə
Zoology historical
  • A former class or order of pelagic opisthobranch molluscs comprising the pteropods (sea butterflies). Treated as plural (also pteropoda): the members of this class collectively.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Pteropoda, plural noun from French ptéropodes, plural noun, plural of ptéropode (in the same source) from ptéro- + -pode, perhaps after Hellenistic Greek πτερόπους wing-footed.

 
 

Definition of Pteropoda in US English:

Pteropoda

nountəˈrɒpədə
Zoology historical
  • A former class or order of pelagic opisthobranch molluscs comprising the pteropods (sea butterflies). Treated as plural (also pteropoda): the members of this class collectively.

Origin

Early 19th century; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. From scientific Latin Pteropoda, plural noun from French ptéropodes, plural noun, plural of ptéropode (in the same source) from ptéro- + -pode, perhaps after Hellenistic Greek πτερόπους wing-footed.

 
 
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