brachiopod

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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noun marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
adjective of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda

Borrowed from translingual Brachiopoda. By surface analysis, brachio- + -pod.

The advanced work at the Central Imperial College was in the closest touch with living interests and current controversies; it drew its illustrations and material from Russell’s two great researches--upon the relation of the brachiopods to the echinodermata, and upon the secondary and tertiary mammalian and pseudo-mammalian factors in the free larval forms of various marine organisms. — Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story, H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

lamp shell, lampshell

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