brachiopod
pronunciation
How to pronounce brachiopod in British English:
UK [ˈbrækiəpɒd]
How to pronounce brachiopod in American English:
US [ˈbrækiəpɑd]
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- Noun:
- marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
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- Adjective:
- of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda
Word Origin
- brachiopod (n.)
- type of bivalve mollusk, 1836, Modern Latin, from Greek brakhion "arm" (see brachio-) + pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). They have long spiral "arms" on either side of their mouths.
Example
- 1. The carboniferous brachiopod assemblages zone of yanbian , sichuan .
- 2. Brachiopod fauna of the nanpanjiang limestone of eastern yunnan and = its geological age .
- 3. Middle and late early silurian brachiopod faunas in southwest china .
- 4. The part brachiopod genera and species are described as addendum in this paper .
- 5. Oxygen isotope records of brachiopod shells as implication for early carboniferous south china seasonal temperature variations eng.