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- proper noun A
group ofCrustacea , some having fourteen feet - proper noun A
subclass ofgastropods using the foot as aswimming organ - proper noun A group of Echinoderms
- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Sparassidae — a large number ofspider species.
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Examples
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"On the Morphology of the Cephalous Mollusca, as Illustrated by the Anatomy of certain Heteropoda and Pteropoda collected during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Rattlesnake' in 1846-50" "Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society" 143 (1853) part 1 29-66.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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Anatomy of certain Heteropoda and Pteropoda collected during the voyage of H.M.S. 'Rattlesnake' in 1846-50 "" Philosophical Transactions of the
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 Leonard Huxley 1896
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To Lamarck we are also indebted for the establishment in 1818 of the molluscan group of Heteropoda.
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I want to get done for the Mollusca what Savigny did for the Articulata, namely to show how they all -- Cephalopoda, Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, Heteropoda, etc. -- are organised in each.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 Thomas Henry Huxley 1860
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(Heteropoda) and Badge (Neosparassus) spiders, which are distinguished by their black, white, orange, or yellow abdomen area.
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The only two types of huntsman spiders without a flattened body are Brown (Heteropoda) and Badge (Neosparassus) spiders, which are distinguished by their black, white, orange, or yellow abdomen area.
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(Heteropoda) and Badge (Neosparassus) spiders, which are distinguished by their black, white, orange, or yellow abdomen area.
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Pteropoda, Heteropoda, etc. ” are organised in each.
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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And not just this guy, but every one of his species-the Heteropoda davidbowie. "
The Olive Reader 2009
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