gastropod
English Thesaurus
1. a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, |
| definition | : | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | abalone, ear-shell, |
| definition | : | any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | conch, |
| definition | : | any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | snail, |
| definition | : | freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | slug, |
| definition | : | any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | seasnail, |
| definition | : | any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | nudibranch, sea slug, |
| definition | : | any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aplysia punctata, sea hare, |
| definition | : | naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bubble shell, |
| definition | : | marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | physa, |
| definition | : | any member of the genus Physa (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cowrie, cowry, |
| definition | : | any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aplacophoran, solenogaster, |
| definition | : | deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle (noun.animal) |
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