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LAMELLIBRANCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lamellibranch mean? 

LAMELLIBRANCH (noun)
  The noun LAMELLIBRANCH has 1 sense:

1. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged togetherplay

  Familiarity information: LAMELLIBRANCH used as a noun is very rare.


LAMELLIBRANCH (adjective)
  The adjective LAMELLIBRANCH has 1 sense:

1. bivalveplay

  Familiarity information: LAMELLIBRANCH used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAMELLIBRANCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod

Hypernyms ("lamellibranch" 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 "lamellibranch"):

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 ("lamellibranch" is a member of...):

Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)


LAMELLIBRANCH (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bivalve

Synonyms:

lamellibranch; pelecypod; pelecypodous

Similar:

bivalve; bivalved (used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.))


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