Stylommatophora

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stylommatophora \Sty*lom`ma*toph"o*ra\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     column + ? eye + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.)
     A division of Pulmonata in which the eyes are situated at the
     tips of the tentacles. It includes the common land snails and
     slugs. See Illust. under {Snail}.
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