noun
Gastropoda; gastropods
Taxonomic term for the class of molluscs that includes snails and slugs. Used in biological contexts.
See also: 腹足類
腹足綱にはカタツムリやナメクジが含まれる。
Gastropoda includes snails and slugs.
Compound of 腹 (fuku, 'belly') + 足 (soku, 'foot') + 綱 (kō, 'class'), referring to the ventral muscular foot characteristic of gastropods.