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heteropoda
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heteropoda, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. other + -poda.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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