'Prosopocephala' definitions:
Definition of 'Prosopocephala'
From: GCIDE
- Prosopocephala \Pros`o*po*ceph`a*la\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pro`swpon face, appearance + ? head.] (Zool.) Same as Scaphopoda. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prosopocephala'
From: GCIDE
- 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]