BRACHIOPOD


Meaning of BRACHIOPOD in English

/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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .