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Wing-shell :: Wing-shell (n.) Any pteropod shell.

Hyalea :: Hyalea (n.) A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix..

Mesopodium :: Mesopodium (n.) The middle portion of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Gymnosomata :: Gymnosomata (n. pl.) One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.

Pteropoda :: Pteropoda (n. pl.) A class of Mollusca in which the anterior lobes of the foot are developed in the form of broad, thin, winglike organs, with which they swim at near the surface of the sea..

Tentaculite :: Tentaculite (n.) Any one of numerous species of small, conical fossil shells found in Paleozoic rocks. They are supposed to be pteropods..

Pteropod :: Pteropod (n.) One of the Pteropoda.

Metapode :: Metapode (n.) The posterior division of the foot in the Gastropoda and Pteropoda.

Wing :: Wing (n.) One of the broad, thin, anterior lobes of the foot of a pteropod, used as an organ in swimming..

Sea Butterfly :: Sea butterfly () A pteropod.

Fin :: Fin (n.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks..

Clione :: Clione (n.) A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio..

Limacina :: Limacina (n.) A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales..

Thecosomata :: Thecosomata (n. pl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.

Wing-footed :: Wing-footed (a.) Having the anterior lobes of the foot so modified as to form a pair of winglike swimming organs; -- said of the pteropod mollusks.

Pteropodous :: Pteropodous (a.) Of or pertaining to the Pteropoda.

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

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