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Webster 1913 Edition


Gastropodous

Gas-trop′o-dous

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Adj.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Gastropoda.

Definition 2024


gastropodous

gastropodous

English

Adjective

gastropodous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to gastropods (snails and the like).
    • 2007 February 18, Andrew Ervin, “Fiction Chronicle”, in New York Times:
      And yet, despite its occasionally gastropodous pacing, “Exile” delivers the sort of torn-from-the-headlines story Patterson’s fans have come to expect.