LAMELLIBRANCH

Meaning of LAMELLIBRANCH in English

n. any aquatic mollusc having a shell formed of two pieces or valves, e.g. a mussel or oyster. Also called BIVALVE.

Etymology: LAMELLA + Gk bragkhia gills

Oxford English vocab. Оксфордский английский словарь. 2012

LAMELLIBRANCH — noun (plural -branchs) Etymology: New Latin Lamellibranchia, from lamella + Latin branchia gill Date: 1855 any of a class (Lamellibranchia) …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
LAMELLIBRANCH — I. ləˈmeləˌbraŋk adjective Etymology: New Latin Lamellibranchia : of or relating to the Lamellibranchia II. noun ( -s ) : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAMELLIBRANCH — (n.) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.
Английский словарь Webster
LAMELLIBRANCH — ( n. ) One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMELLIBRANCH — /leuh mel"euh brangk'/ , n. bivalve. [ 1850-55; Lamellibranchia group name. See LAMELLI-, -BRANCHIA ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAMELLIBRANCH — noun ( plural -branchs ) Etymology: New Latin Lamellibranchia, from lamella + Latin branchia gill Date: 1855 : any of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAMELLIBRANCH — noun one of the lamellibranchia. also used adjectively.
Webster English vocab
LAMELLIBRANCH — [ lə'mɛlɪbraŋk ] ■ noun another term for bivalve . Origin C19: from mod. L. Lamellibranchia (former class name), from …
Concise Oxford English vocab
LAMELLIBRANCH — [la.mel.li.branch] n, pl -branchs [NL Lamellibranchia, fr. lamell- + L branchia gill] (1855): any of a class (Lamellibranchia) of bivalve …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LAMELLIBRANCH — lamellibranch BrE AmE lə ˈmel ɪ bræŋk § \ -ˈ•ə-
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAMELLIBRANCH — n. any aquatic mollusc having a shell formed of two pieces or valves, e.g. a mussel or oyster. Also called …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAMELLIBRANCH — n. any aquatic mollusc having a shell formed of two pieces or valves, e.g. a mussel or oyster. Also called …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAMELLIBRANCH — n. Pronunciation: l ə - ' me-l ə - ˌ bra ŋ k Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -branchs Etymology: …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
LAMELLIBRANCHIO — lamelli·branchio n [Zool.] lamellibranch; lamellibranchios [Zool.] Lamellibranchia
Interlingua English vocab
ZEBRA MUSSEL — noun Date: 1883 a chiefly freshwater Eurasian lamellibranch mollusk ( Dreissena polymorpha ) that was accidentally introduced into the Great …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
VALVE
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SCALLOP — I. noun also scollop Etymology: Middle English scalop, from Anglo-French escalope shell, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schelpe …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RAZOR CLAM — noun Date: circa 1882 any of a family (Solenidae) of marine lamellibranch mollusks having a long narrow thin shell
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PELECYPOD — noun see: foot Date: circa 1876 lamellibranch
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
RADIOLITID — I. -līd.ə̇d, -lid.- adjective Etymology: New Latin Radiolitidae, family of lamellibranchs, from Radiolites + -idae : of or relating to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALP — I. ˈpalp, ˈpau̇p transitive verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French palper, from Latin palpare to stroke, caress, flatter — …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ZEBRA MUSSEL — noun Etymology: so called from the light and dark stripes on the shell : a Eurasian lamellibranch mollusk of the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
VALVE
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PELECYPOD — pə̇ˈlesəˌpäd adjective or noun Etymology: New Latin Pelecypoda : lamellibranch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ETHERIA — ə̇ˈthirēə, ēˈ-, eˈ-, -thēr- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin aetheria, feminine of aetherius ethereal — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CARDITA — kärˈdīd.ə, -ˈē- noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kardia heart + Latin -ita -ite 1. capitalized : a genus (the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ARCIDAE — ˈärsəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Arca, type genus + -idae : a large family of chiefly …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACEPHALOUS — (ˈ)ā|sefələs, əˈs- adjective Etymology: Greek akephalos, from a- a- (II) + kephalē head — more at cephalic 1. a. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACEPHALAN — (ˈ)ā|sefələn adjective or noun Etymology: New Latin Acephala + English -an : lamellibranch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACEPHAL — (ˈ)ā|sefəl noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Acephala : lamellibranch
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TRIMYARIAN — (n.) A lamellibranch which has three muscular scars on each valve.
Английский словарь Webster
INEQUILATERAL — (a.) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.
Английский словарь Webster

Oxford English vocab

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