English Explanatory Dictionary

scaly-foot gastropod

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

Word forms

scaly-foot gastropod scaly-foot gastropods

Synonyms

scaly-foot snail sea pangolin volcano snail
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