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PELECYPOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
Synonyms:
bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pelecypod" is a kind of...):
mollusc; mollusk; shellfish (invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pelecypod"):
clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)
cockle (common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs)
oyster (marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters)
ark shell (marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface)
blood clam (red-blooded clam)
mussel (marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.)
escallop; scallop; scollop (edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions)
piddock (marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells)
Holonyms ("pelecypod" is a member of...):
Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)
Derivation:
pelecypod; pelecypodous (bivalve)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bivalve
Synonyms:
lamellibranch; pelecypod; pelecypodous
Classified under:
Similar:
bivalve; bivalved (used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.))
Derivation:
pelecypod (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)
