gastropod 1

noundomain: animal

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

Synonyms

univalve 1
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes

Hyponym

noun

any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior

noun

any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip

noun

freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

noun

any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell

noun

any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids

Member_holonym

noun

snails and slugs and their relatives