Pelecypod

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pelecypod \pelecypod\ n.
     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.


          [WordNet 1.5] pelecypod

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  pelecypod \pelecypod\ pelecypodous \pelecypodous\adj.
     1. same as {lamellibranchiate}.
  
     Syn: lamellibranch, lamellibranchiate.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pelecypod
       adj : bivalve [syn: {lamellibranch}, {pelecypodous}]
       n : marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with
           platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged
           together [syn: {bivalve}, {lamellibranch}]