(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:03:43

Ba*som`ma*toph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. base + eye + to bear.] Zool.

A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

 

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