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scaphopoda
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scaphopoda, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat + -poda.].
A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also Prosopocephala , and Solenoconcha . [1913 Webster]
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