ALL meanings of pteropod
pter·o·pod
P p - adjective pteropod belonging or pertaining to the Pteropoda, a group of mollusks having the lateral portions of the foot expanded into winglike lobes used in swimming. 1
- noun pteropod a pteropod mollusk. 1
- noun pteropod any small marine gastropod mollusc of the group or order Pteropoda, in which the foot is expanded into two winglike lobes for swimming and the shell is absent or thin-walled 0
- adjective pteropod of or relating to certain orders of small, thin-shelled or shell-less gastropod mollusks that swim by means of winglike lobes on the foot 0
- noun pteropod any such animal 0