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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pteropod /ˈtɛrəpɒd/

▶noun Zoology a sea butterfly.

– origin C19: from mod. L. Pteropoda, from Gk pteron ‘wing’ + Gk pous, pod- ‘foot’.

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