Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having lamellate gills; pertaining to the Lamellibranchiata, or having their characters.
- noun One of the Lamellibranchiata, as any ordinary bivalve mollusk. Also
lamellibranchiate .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the Lamellibranchia (also called Pelecypoda). Also used adjectively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun any marine or freshwater
bivalve mollusk , of the class Lamellibranchia; includes theclams ,scallops andoysters
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
- adjective bivalve
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Lāmellibranchia, class name : lamelli– + Latin branchia, gill; see branchia.]
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Jackson's [261] work on the mechanical origin of characters in the lamellibranch molluscs.
seanahan commented on the word lamellibranch
Finally, we've reached somewhere that means something. This is a class better known as Bivalvia.
November 8, 2007
seanahan commented on the word lamellibranch
Apparently this is also known as lamellibranchia.
November 8, 2007
sionnach commented on the word lamellibranch
Usage example: The Lamellibranch of the infamous Borgia family was known for its practice of dispatching political rivals by serving them poisoned clams at dinner, their signature dish being scunghilli fiorentini, or clams florentine.
November 8, 2007
mollusque commented on the word lamellibranch
See clam.
November 8, 2007
bilby commented on the word lamellibranch
Who are you calling lame?
September 26, 2011