sb. and a. Zool. Obs. [ad. mod.L. Trachēlipod-a, neut. pl. (Lamarck), irreg. (for *Trachēlopoda) f. Gr. τράχηλος neck + πούς, ποδ- foot.] a. sb. A univalve mollusk of the order Trachelipoda in Lamarck’s classification, having the foot or locomotive organ attached to the neck. b. adj. Belonging to or having the characters of this order. Also † Trachelipodan, † Trachelipodous adjs. Obs.
1835. Kirby, Hab. & Inst. Anim., I. ix. 276. The Trachelipods, constituting Lamarck’s Third Order of Molluscans. Ibid. The carnivorous, trachelipod Molluscans.
1841. Johnston, in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, I. No. 9. 263. Animal shelled, trachelipode, rarely gasteropode.
1847. Ansted, Anc. World, xii. 271. The absence of the whole group of Ammonites, and their replacement by a newly introduced genus of carnivorous Trachelipods, animals of lower organization.
1860. Mayne, Expos. Lex., 1285. Trachelipodous.
1891. Cent. Dict., Trachelipodan.
