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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

pelecypod

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01 n. A marine or freshwater mollusk having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together; a member of the Pelecypoda.
  1. 1.
    A marine or freshwater mollusk having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together; a member of the Pelecypoda.
Syn. bivalve, lamellibranch.
02 adj. same as lamellibranchiate.
  1. 1.
    same as lamellibranchiate. See: lamellibranchiate
Syn. lamellibranch, lamellibranchiate.