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Definition of Pteropod
1. n. One of the Pteropoda.
Definition of Pteropod
1. Noun. Any of several small marine gastropod mollusks, of the suborder ''Thecosomata'', that have winglike lobes on the feet; the sea butterfly ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to these creatures ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pteropod
1. a type of mollusk [n -S] - See also: mollusk
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropod
Literary usage of Pteropod
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Geology by William Berryman Scott (1897)
"pteropod ooze, x 4. (Agassiz after Murray and Renard.) Radiolarian tests may be
detected in all sorts of marine deposits of both deep and shallow water ..."
2. The Depth and Marine Deposits of the Pacific by John Murray, G. V. Lee (1909)
"Several small areas of pteropod Ooze are dotted over the western portion of the
Globigerina Ooze area of the South Pacific, ..."
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