• (n. pl.) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See Pteropoda.
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(from the article `gastropod`) ...teeth; sperm duct a closed tube; shell reduced to bivalved (Juliidae); many feed by sucking juices out of algae; several families with uncertain ... ...lack a shell and have complicated mechanisms for capturing and eating other small animals constitute the order Gymnosomata; those having a shell ... ...
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The`co·so'ma·ta noun plural [ New Latin See
Theca , and
Soma .]
(Zoology) An order of Pteropoda comprising those species which have a shell. See
Pteropoda . --
The`co*so'ma*tous adjective Found on
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