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pelecypod

I

noun

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

• Syn: ↑bivalve, ↑lamellibranch

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pelecypodous, ↑bivalve (for: ↑bivalve)

• Hypernyms: ↑mollusk, ↑mollusc, ↑shellfish

• Hyponyms:

↑clam, ↑cockle, ↑oyster, ↑ark shell, ↑blood clam, ↑mussel, ↑scallop, ↑scollop, ↑escallop, ↑piddock

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑class Pelecypoda

II

adjective

bivalve

• Syn: ↑lamellibranch, ↑pelecypodous

• Similar to: ↑bivalve, ↑bivalved

• Derivationally related forms: ↑pelecypod (for: ↑pelecypodous)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.