Associations to the word «Gastropod»

Wiktionary

GASTROPOD, noun. Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.

Dictionary definition

GASTROPOD, noun. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats