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Definition of pelecypod in English: pelecypodnoun pɪˈlɛsɪpɒdpəˈlesəˌpäd another term for bivalve Example sentencesExamples - Fossils include foraminiferans, brachiopods, echinoids, pelecypods, cephalopods, shark teeth, fish vertebrae, as well as asteroids, gastropods, a pterosaur, a nodosaurid, and decapods.
- Found along with the cephalopods are gastropods, pelecypods, echinoderms, and vertebrate bones.
- The bulk of the collection is gastropods and pelecypods.
- One of these is the bivalves (sometimes called pelecypods or lamellibranchs), an important group of bivalved molluscs familiar to all from the numerous shells that litter beaches.
- Fish scales or whole fish, spirorbids, myalinid pelecypods, and conchostracans are intermixed with plant remains at all three sites.
OriginLate 19th century: from modern Latin Pelecypoda (alternative class name), from Greek pelekus 'hatchet' + -podos 'footed'. Definition of pelecypod in US English: pelecypodnounpəˈlesəˌpäd another term for bivalve Example sentencesExamples - One of these is the bivalves (sometimes called pelecypods or lamellibranchs), an important group of bivalved molluscs familiar to all from the numerous shells that litter beaches.
- Found along with the cephalopods are gastropods, pelecypods, echinoderms, and vertebrate bones.
- Fossils include foraminiferans, brachiopods, echinoids, pelecypods, cephalopods, shark teeth, fish vertebrae, as well as asteroids, gastropods, a pterosaur, a nodosaurid, and decapods.
- The bulk of the collection is gastropods and pelecypods.
- Fish scales or whole fish, spirorbids, myalinid pelecypods, and conchostracans are intermixed with plant remains at all three sites.
OriginLate 19th century: from modern Latin Pelecypoda (alternative class name), from Greek pelekus ‘hatchet’ + -podos ‘footed’. |