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Mollusk Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is PTEROPOD which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: PTEROPOD

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197%8Exact Match!
290%9 A type of mollusk with a single spiral shell
390%7 Phylum that includes snails and slugs

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We think the answer is "PTEROPOD" which means:

    noun
  • • Any of free-swimming pelagic sea snails and sea slugs, of the suborder thecosomata, that have winglike lobes on the feet; a sea butterfly.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The pteropod is a type of sea snail that swims through the ocean using its wing-like appendages."
  • • "Scientists have discovered fossilized pteropods that date back millions of years."

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New York Times29 Jul 1989 Down 4
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