Word Study
lamellar (?) , a. [cf |
lamellary |
lamellate |
lamellate placentation |
lamellated |
lamellibranch
| lamellibranchia
| lamellibranchiata
| lamellibranchiate
| lamellicorn
| lamellicorn beetle
lamellibranch
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lamellibranch has 1 sense
- lamellibranch(n = noun.animal) bivalve, pelecypod - marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together; Array is a kind of mollusc, mollusk, shellfish
is a member of bivalvia, class bivalvia, class lamellibranchia, class pelecypoda, lamellibranchia
has particulars: clam, cockle, oyster, ark shell, blood clam, mussel, escallop, scallop, scollop, piddock
Adjective lamellibranch has 1 sense
- lamellibranch(s = adj.all) pelecypod, pelecypodous - bivalve; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
lamellibranch, n.
One of the Lamellibranchia (also called Pelecypoda ). Also used adjectively. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lamellibranch, n. any aquatic mollusc having a shell formed of two pieces or valves, e.g. a mussel or oyster. Also called BIVALVE.
Etymology
LAMELLA + Gk bragkhia gills
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