noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 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
2. 2
   marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

lampshellbrachiopodouslamp shelllampshell

Example

More examples

"The most common shelled animal in the ancient seas was the brachiopod."

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Brachiopoda. By surface analysis, brachio- + -pod.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.