/bray"kee euh pod', brak"ee-/ , n.
1. any mollusklike, marine animal of the phylum Brachiopoda, having a dorsal and ventral shell; a lamp shell.
adj.
2. Also, brachiopodous /bray'kee op"euh deuhs, brak'ee/ . belonging or pertaining to the Brachiopoda.
[ 1830-40; Brachiopoda. See BRACHIO-, -POD ]