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<zoology> An order of pelagic Gastropoda, having the foot developed into a median fin. Some of the species are naked; others, as Carinaria and Atlanta, have thin glassy shells.
Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Other + -poda.
(01 Mar 1998)
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