pelecypod
English Thesaurus
1. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)
hypernym | : | mollusc, mollusk, shellfish, |
definition | : | invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | clam, |
definition | : | burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | cockle, |
definition | : | common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | oyster, |
definition | : | marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | ark shell, |
definition | : | marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | blood clam, |
definition | : | red-blooded clam (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | mussel, |
definition | : | marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | escallop, scallop, scollop, |
definition | : | edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions (noun.animal) |
hyponym | : | piddock, |
definition | : | marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells (noun.animal) |
2. bivalve (adj.all)
similar | : | bivalve, bivalved, |
definition | : | used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) (adj.all) |
3. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)
derivation | : | bivalve, bivalved, |
definition | : | used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) (adj.all) |
4. bivalve (adj.all)
derivation | : | bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod, |
definition | : | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal) |
5. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)
derivation | : | bivalve, bivalved, |
definition | : | used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) (adj.all) |
6. bivalve (adj.all)
derivation | : | bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod, |
definition | : | marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal) |
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