1826, gasteropod (spelling without -e- by 1854), from Modern Latin Gasteropoda, name of a class of mollusks, from Greek gaster (genitive gastros) "stomach" (see gastric) + pous (genitive podos) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). From the ventral position of the mollusk's "foot."
双语例句
1. Most marine gastropod mollusks develop a ciliate swimming organ in certain larval stages.
大多数海洋腹足纲软体动物在某些幼体阶段形成一种有纤毛的游泳器官。
来自辞典例句
2. The species found sporadically along Myanmar coastal areas is Melo melo, a gastropod.
