PELECYPOD

 Dictionary entry overview: What does pelecypod mean? 

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

1. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

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

• PELECYPOD (adjective)
  The adjective PELECYPOD has 1 sense:

1. bivalve

  Familiarity information: PELECYPOD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PELECYPOD (noun)

Meaning:

Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bivalve; lamellibranch; pelecypod

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

mollusc; mollusk; shellfish (invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pelecypod"):

clam (burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness)

cockle (common edible European bivalve mollusk having a 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)

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

Bivalvia; class Bivalvia; class Lamellibranchia; class Pelecypoda; Lamellibranchia (oysters; clams; scallops; mussels)

• PELECYPOD (adjective)

Meaning:

Bivalve

Synonyms:

lamellibranch; pelecypod; pelecypodous

Similar:

bivalve; bivalved (used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.))