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brachinus |
brachiocephalic vein |
brachioganoid |
brachioganoidei |
brachiolaria |
brachiopod
| brachiopoda
| brachiopodous
| brachium
| brachman
| brachycatalectic
brachiopod
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun brachiopod has 1 sense
- brachiopod(n = noun.animal) lamp shell, lampshell - marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide; Array is a kind of invertebrate
is a member of brachiopoda, phylum brachiopoda
Adjective brachiopod has 1 sense
- brachiopod(a = adj.pert) brachiopodous - of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
brachiopod, n. [Cf.F. brachiopode.].
One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
brachiopod, n. any marine invertebrate of the phylum Brachiopoda (esp. a fossil one) having a two-valved chalky shell and a ciliated feeding arm.
Etymology
mod.L f. Gk brakhion arm + pous podos foot
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