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LAMPSHELL

Dictionary entry overview: What does lampshell mean?

• LAMPSHELL (noun)
The noun LAMPSHELL has 1 sense:

1. marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide

Familiarity information: LAMPSHELL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LAMPSHELL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brachiopod; lamp shell; lampshell

Hypernyms ("lampshell" is a kind of...):

invertebrate (any animal lacking a backbone or notochord; the term is not used as a scientific classification)

Holonyms ("lampshell" is a member of...):

Brachiopoda; phylum Brachiopoda (marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks)

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