scaphopod

scaph·o·pod  (skf-pd)

n.

See tooth shell.

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[From New Latin Scaphopoda, class name : Greek skaph, boat + New Latin -poda, -pod.]

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scaphopod [ˈskæfəˌpɒd]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any marine mollusc of the class Scaphopoda, which includes the tusk (or tooth) shells

[from New Latin, from Greek skaphē boat + -pod]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

scaphopod - burrowing marine mollusk             mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell class Scaphopoda, Scaphopoda - small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells tooth shell, tusk shell - any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing