Definitions for brachiopodˈbreɪ ki əˌpɒd, ˈbræk i-
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bra•chi•o•podˈbreɪ ki əˌpɒd, ˈbræk i-(n.)
any superficially clamlike marine animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having unequal dorsal and ventral shells enclosing a pair of ciliated food-gathering appendages.
Category: Invertebrates
Origin of brachiopod:
1830–40; < NL Brachiopoda. See brachio -, -pod
Princeton's WordNet
brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell(adj)
marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
brachiopod, brachiopodous(adj)
of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda
Wiktionary
brachiopod(Noun)
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
Webster Dictionary
Brachiopod(noun)
one of the Brachiopoda, or its shell
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