Scaphopoda n 1: small class of bilaterally symmetrical marine forms comprising the tooth shells [syn: {Scaphopoda}, {class Scaphopoda}]
Scaphopoda \Sca*phop"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ska`fh a boat + -poda.] (Zool.) A class of marine cephalate Mollusca having a tubular shell open at both ends, a pointed or spadelike foot for burrowing, and many long, slender, prehensile oral tentacles. It includes Dentalium, or the tooth shells, and other similar shells. Called also {Prosopocephala}, and {Solenoconcha}. [1913 Webster]