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Brachiopoda
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Brach`i`op´o`da
n.1.(Zool.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.
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Noun1.BrachiopodaBrachiopoda - marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks
phylum Brachiopoda
animal kingdom, Animalia, kingdom Animalia - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
brachiopod, lamp shell, lampshell - marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes


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Since then, volume after volume has appeared, dealing with trace fossils, spores, conodonts, sponges, plants, graptolites, foraminifers, brachiopods and, yes, more trilobites (according to some, too many, but never mind).
Early Silurian Trilobites of Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada by Pratt, Brian R. / Geoscience Canada
Other prominent losers were the brachiopods, two-shelled animals that superficially resembled clams.
Death swept Earth at end of Permian by Monastersky, Richard / Science News
Bambach figured that passive animals that merely sat on the seafloor--like brachiopods, then the most abundant animals--would die.
Deadly carbon dioxide by Chang, Maria L. / Science World
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