Rhynchonella
noun
Rhyn·cho·nel·la
ˌriŋkəˈnelə
: a genus (the type of the family Rhynchonellidae) of articulate brachiopods having a sharply beaked ridged shell with the dorsal valve convex and the ventral more or less flattened
rhynchonellid noun
-lə̇d
plural -s
rhynchonelloid adjective or noun
¦⸗⸗¦⸗ˌlȯid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from rhynchon- (irregular from Greek rhynchos snout) + -ella