gastropod
/ˈgæs·trəˌpɑd/ n [C]Definition
› biology any of a group of animals with soft, flat bodies, no legs, and often a shell, for example, a snail or slug
(Definition of gastropod n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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