English > pelecypod: 2 senses > noun 1, animalMeaning | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together. |
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Synonyms | bivalve, lamellibranch |
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Member of | Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda | oysters |
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Narrower | ark shell | marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface |
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blood clam | red-blooded clam |
clam | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud |
cockle | Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs |
mussel | marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. |
oyster | marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell |
piddock | marine bivalve that bores into rock / rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells |
scallop, scollop, escallop | edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions |
Broader | mollusk, mollusc, shellfish | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell |
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Spanish | bivalvo, lamelibranquio, lamelibranquios |
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Catalan | bivalve, lamel·libranqui |
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Adjectives | pelecypod, pelecypodous | bivalve |
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