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Gymnosomata

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Gymˊno-so′ma-ta

(jĭm′nō̍-sō′mȧ-tȧ or jĭm′nō̍-sŏm′ȧ-tȧ)

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

γυμνόσ

naked +

σῶμα

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σώματος

, the body.]

(Zool.)

One of the orders of Pteropoda. They have no shell.