pelecypod
Noun
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Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (synset 101958574)
is a type of: mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shellsubtypes:
- clam - burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness
- cockle - common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
- oyster - marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters
- ark shell - marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface
- blood clam - red-blooded clam
- mussel - marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
- escallop, scallop, scollop - edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
- piddock - marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
belongs to: bivalvia, class bivalvia, class lamellibranchia, class pelecypoda, lamellibranchia - oysters; clams; scallops; musselssame as: bivalve, lamellibranch
Adjective
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Bivalve (synset 302493756)
same as: lamellibranch, pelecypodous
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