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brachiopod

Noun

bra=chi=o=pod

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

brachiopod(a = adj.pert) brachiopodous - of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda; Array

brachiopod, n. [Cf.F. brachiopode.].

One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell. [1913 Webster]

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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