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aulacopod

aulacopod adjective: having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.

Adjective

aulacopod (not comparable)

  1. Having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.
    • It is only in the aulacopod land snails that there is a great diversity of shelled snails, slugs, and a wild variety of intermediates1974, Alan Solem, The Shell Makers: Introducing Mollusks, page 212
    • Webb (J 96l a) thought the aulacopod condition better adapted to burrowing in soil and the holopod condition, with less pronounced grooves, more dry-adapted.1999, Fauna of New Zealand - Issue 38, page 21

Origin of aulacopod

From Ancient Greek αὖλαξ (aûlax, “furrow”) + -pod.

Questions about aulacopod

What does aulacopod mean?
Aulacopod means having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.
What part of speech is aulacopod?
Aulacopod is an adjective.

Words near aulacopod in the dictionary

  1. aulacogens
  2. aulacophore
  3. aulacophores
  4. aulacopleurid
  5. aulacopleurids
  6. aulacopod
  7. aulae
  8. aulae magnae
  9. Aulakh
  10. Aulakhs
  11. aularian

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