different between gastropod vs imposex

English

French gastéropode, from gastro- +? -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek ?????? (gast?r, “stomach”) and ???? (poús, “foot”)

gastropod (plural gastropods)

Any member of a class of mollusks (Gastropoda) that includes snails and slugs; univalve mollusk.
Hypernym: mollusc

gastropod n (plural gastropode)

Blend of imposed +? sex

imposex (uncountable)

(biology) The development in certain marine gastropod mollusks of sex organs in contrast to their actual gender, the result of toxic pollutants.

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