[syn: lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
pelecypod \pelecypod\ pelecypodous \pelecypodous\adj.
1. same as lamellibranchiate.
Syn: lamellibranch, lamellibranchiate.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pelecypod
adj 1: bivalve [syn: lamellibranch, pelecypod,
pelecypodous]
n 1: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with
platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
[syn: bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch]