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Brachiopod

Brach′i-o-pod

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Noun.
[Cf.F.
brachiopode
.]
(Zool.)
One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.

Definition 2024


brachiopod

brachiopod

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Noun

brachiopod (plural brachiopods)

  1. Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food

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