Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAS'TRO-PODE
GAS'TRO-PODE, n. [Gr. γαστηρ, the stomach, and ποδα, feet.]
An animal which moves by a fleshy apparatus under the belly, or that has the belly and foot joined, as in the slugs Limax or naked snails. Bell.
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