• (n.) Same as Gastropod.
Gas'ter·o·pod noun (Zoology) Same as Gastropod . 
The Gasteropods (Gasteropoda), are a class of molluscs, consisting of animals inhabiting a univalve shell, although some of the group are wholly destitute of a shell. The shell is either a small internal plate, as in slugs; or cone-shaped and spiral, as in the majority; or multivalve, the pieces following each other along the middle line, as in the...