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Brachiopoda

Brachiopoda Meaning & Definition
Brachiopoda Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brachiopoda?

[n] marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks

Synonyms | Synonyms for Brachiopoda: phylum Brachiopoda

Related Terms | Find terms related to Brachiopoda:

See Also | animal kingdom | Animalia | brachiopod | kingdom Animalia | lamp shell | lampshell | phylum

Brachiopoda In Webster's Dictionary

\Brach`i*op"o*da\, n. [NL., from Gr. ? arm + -poda.] (Zo["o]l.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. Note: Within the shell is a pair of ``arms,'' often long and spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacles by which a current of water is made to flow into the mantle cavity, bringing the microscopic food to the mouth between the bases of the arms. The shell is both opened and closed by special muscles. They form two orders; Lyopoma, in which the shell is thin, and without a distinct hinge, as in Lingula; and Arthropoma, in which the firm calcareous shell has a regular hinge, as in Rhynchonella. See {Arthropomata}.

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