Brachiopoda definitions

Brachiopoda

1) Phylum 2) Phylum brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda

• (n.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle.
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<zoology> A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. ... Within the shell is a pair of 'arms,' often long and spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacles by which a current of water is made to flow into the mantle cavity, bringing the microscopic food to the mouth between the bases...
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Brachiopoda

Brach`i·op'o·da noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... arm + -poda .] (Zoology) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. » Within the shell is a pair of 'arms,' often long and spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacl...
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Brachiopoda

Brachiopoda is a group or class of mollusc-like animals, so named from the development of a long spirally-coiled, fringed appendage or arm on either side of the mouth serving as respiratory organs. They are bivalves, and in this respect they resemble the Lamellibranchiata. They have no proper power of locomotion, and remain fixed to submarine bodie...
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