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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scaphopoda \Sca*phop"o*da\, noun pl. [NL., from Gr. ska'fh a boat + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also {Prosopocephala}, and {Solenoconcha}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Scaphopoda
noun: small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells [syn: {class Scaphopoda}]
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