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Definition of Pteropods
1. pteropod [n] - See also: pteropod
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pteropods
Literary usage of Pteropods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson, Richard Lydekker (1889)
"In the majority of the shell-bearing pteropods the shell is symmetrical, ...
The pteropods are all hermaphrodite, and the young pass through a metamorphosis ..."
2. The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art by Canadian Institute (1849-1914) (1862)
"They constitute however a truly aberrant group, having affinities with the
pteropods on the one hand, and with both Gasteropoda and Cephalopods on the other ..."
3. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1897)
"Nicholson. (37) ' Graptolites of the Quebec Group.' James Hall. (39) ' Monographs
on the Trilobites, pteropods, Cephalopods, ..."
4. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1897)
"(39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites, pteropods, Cephalopods, Graptolites,' &c.
Extracted from the ' Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme.' Barrande. ..."
5. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1898)
"James Hall. (39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites. pteropods, Cephalopods,
Graptolites,' &c. Extracted from the ' Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme. ..."
6. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1895)
"(39) ' Monographs on the Trilobites, pteropods, Cephalopods, Graptolites,' &c.
Extracted from the ' Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme.' Barrande. ..."
7. Bulletin (1899)
"From the so called Pteropod marls, which are probably allied in age, Etheridge
reports * three genera of pteropods, to wit, ..."
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