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gastropodous

gastropodous adjective: of or pertaining to gastropods (snails and the like).

Adjective

gastropodous (not comparable)

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

Origin of gastropodous

From gastropod + -ous.

Questions about gastropodous

What does gastropodous mean?
Gastropodous means of or pertaining to gastropods (snails and the like).
What part of speech is gastropodous?
Gastropodous is an adjective.

Words near gastropodous in the dictionary

  1. gastroplication
  2. gastroplications
  3. gastropod
  4. gastropodan
  5. gastropodochory
  6. gastropodous
  7. gastropods
  8. gastropore
  9. gastropores
  10. gastroporn
  11. gastroprokinetic

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