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Webster 1913 Edition


Streptoneura


Strepˊto-neu′ra

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] curved + [GREEK] a sinew.]
(Zool.)
An extensive division of gastropod Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.