BRACHIOPODA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Brachiopoda mean? 

• BRACHIOPODA (noun)
  The noun BRACHIOPODA has 1 sense:

1. marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks

  Familiarity information: BRACHIOPODA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRACHIOPODA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Brachiopoda; phylum Brachiopoda

Hypernyms ("Brachiopoda" is a kind of...):

phylum ((biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes)

Meronyms (members of "Brachiopoda"):

brachiopod; lamp shell; lampshell (marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide)

Holonyms ("Brachiopoda" is a member of...):

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)

Derivation:

brachiopodous (of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda)