Crossword clues for pelecypod
Wiktionary
pelecypod
n. (context zoology English) Any of the Pelecypoda.
WordNet
pelecypod
adj. bivalve [syn: lamellibranch, pelecypodous]
n. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together [syn: bivalve, lamellibranch]
Usage examples of "pelecypod".
These shells offered only a rough guide to this world, since the pelecypods as a class had diversified early and evolved thereafter quite conservatively.