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pelecypod, a. and n. Zool.|pɪˈlɛsɪpɒd|
[fr. Gr. πέλεκυς hatchet + -ποδος -footed.]
a. adj. Having a hatchet-shaped foot, as a bivalve mollusc; pertaining to such a mollusc.
b. n. A pelecypod mollusc. Hence peleˈcypodous a., in same sense.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., Pelecypodus, applied..to..Mollusca..that have a foot in form of a club or of a tongue: pelecypodous. 1890Cent. Dict., Pelecypod. 1897B. Woodward in Concise Knowl. Nat. Hist. 619 In the higher Pelecypods they are filibranch. Ibid., Diagram illustrating successive development of pelecypod gills. |