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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide [syn: lamp shell , lampshell ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum ''Brachiopoda'', that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
type of bivalve mollusk, 1836, Modern Latin, from Greek brakhion "arm" (see brachio- ) + pous "foot" (see foot (n.)). They have long spiral "arms" on either side of their mouths.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Brachiopod \Brach"i*o*pod\, n. [Cf.F. brachiopode.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell. [1913 Webster] ||
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Brachiopods , phylum Brachiopoda , are marine animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs . Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, while the front can be opened ...
Usage examples of brachiopod.
We may instance Rubus, Rosa, and Hieracium amongst plants, several genera of insects, and several genera of Brachiopod shells.
Genera which are polymorphic in one country seem to be, with some few exceptions, polymorphic in other countries, and likewise, judging from Brachiopod shells, at former periods of time.
It took physical contact, breathing chalky sediments or tracing with your fingertips the outline of some paleozoic brachiopod, to truly feel the eons imbedded in a place like this.
I saw also the ruins of incredible sunken cities, and the wealth of crinoid, brachiopod, coral, and ichthyic life which everywhere abounded.
Palaeontology also claimed his attention, and he described in 1831 and later years a number of Cephalopods, Brachiopods and Cystidea, and pointed out their stratigraphical importance.
Palaeontology also claimed his attention, and he described in 1831 and later years a number of Cephalopods, Brachiopods and Cystidea, and pointed out their stratigraphical importance.
We may instance Rubus, Rosa, and Hieracium amongst plants, several genera of insects, and several genera of Brachiopod shells.
I saw also the ruins of incredible sunken cities, and the wealth of crinoid, brachiopod, coral, and ichthyic life which everywhere abounded.