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scaly-foot gastropod

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A marine snail (Chrysomallon squamiferum) that lives near deep-sea hydrothermal vents in the Indian Ocean. It has a foot armored at the sides with iron-mineralised sclerites.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

scaly-sided merganser scalybutt scalyfin scalyfoot Scalzi Scalzo

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