Brachiopod
[brækiәpɒd]
Definition
(noun.) marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide.
(adj.) of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda .
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Definition
(n.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell.
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Examples
- We may instance Rubus, Rosa, and Hieracium among plants, several genera of insects, and of Brachiopod shells. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- There were abundant different sorts of an order of shellfish called brachiopods. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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