pteropod
noun
ptero·pod
ˈter-ə-ˌpäd 
: any of the opisthobranch mollusks comprising two orders (Thecosomata and Gymnosomata) and having the anterior lobes of the foot expanded into broad thin winglike swimming organs
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Tiny swimming sea snails called pteropods that make up 40 percent of the diet of juvenile pink salmon already are showing extensive shell corrosion in both the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea.
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Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2020
Early victims of ocean acidification include pteropods, microscopic floating snails that make up a huge portion of the diets of juvenile pink salmon.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2019
Mucous-mesh grazers include salps, pyrosomes, doliolids, pteropods and appendicularians.
—Kelly Sutherland, Smithsonian, 3 May 2018
Already, the shells of some animals are thinning, plankton are having trouble growing, and sea animals ranging from scallops to pteropods are dying out.
—Sena Christian, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2015
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Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2020
Early victims of ocean acidification include pteropods, microscopic floating snails that make up a huge portion of the diets of juvenile pink salmon.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 Oct. 2019
Mucous-mesh grazers include salps, pyrosomes, doliolids, pteropods and appendicularians.
—Kelly Sutherland, Smithsonian, 3 May 2018
Already, the shells of some animals are thinning, plankton are having trouble growing, and sea animals ranging from scallops to pteropods are dying out.
—Sena Christian, Newsweek, 19 Nov. 2015
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“Pteropod.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pteropod. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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