Brachiopod Synonyms

brākē-ə-pŏd, brăkē-
Marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. lamp-shell
  2. lampshell
Of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. brachiopodous

Words Related to Brachiopod

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. crinoid
  2. ostracod
  3. echinoderm
  4. trilobite
  5. echinoid
  6. goniatite
  7. brachiopods
  8. foraminifera
  9. bivalve
  10. phoronids
  11. belemnites
  12. belemnite

Brachiopod Sentence Examples

  • The soft body of the Brachiopod is in all cases protected by a shell composed of two distinct valves; these valves are always, except in cases of malformation, equal-sided, but not equivalved.

  • The valves are, consequently, essentially symmetrical, which is not the case with the Lamellibranchiata, - so much so, that certain Brachiopod shells were named Lampades, or lamp shells, by some early naturalists; but while such may bear a kind of resemblance to an antique Etruscan lamp, by far the larger number in no way resemble one.

  • The body of the Brachiopod v usually occupies about the posterior half of the space within the shell.

  • The protegulum has been found in members of almost all the families of Brachiopod, and it is thought to occur throughout the group. It resembles the shell of the Cambrian .4 genus Iphidea [Paterina], and the Phylembryo is frequently referred to as the Paterina stage.

  • There is, however, a considerable amount of resemblance between the lophophore of Phoronis australis, with its spirally twisted ends, and that of a typical Brachiopod; nor do the structural details of the adult Brachiopods forbid the view that they may be related to Phoronis.

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