GASTROPOD

gastropod, univalve

(noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

gastropod (plural gastropods)

Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.

Hypernym: mollusc

Source: Wiktionary


Gas"tro*pod, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Gastropoda. [Written also gasteropod.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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Coffee Trivia

The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.

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