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Definition of Lamellibranch

1. Adjective. Bivalve.

2. Noun. Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together.

Definition of Lamellibranch

1. n. One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively.

Definition of Lamellibranch

1. Noun. any marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk, of the class Lamellibranchia; includes the clams, scallops and oysters ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lamellibranch

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lamellibranch

1. One of the Lamellibranchia. Also used adjectively. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lamellibranch

lamellar face lamellar faces lamellar granule lamellar keratoplasty lamellar mixture lamellar phase lamellar trama lamellary lamellas lamellate

lamellate placentation lamellated lamellated corpuscles lamellately lamellibranch (current term) lamellibranchiata lamellibranchiate lamellibranchiates lamellibranchs lamellicorn

lamellicorn beetle lamellicornia lamellicorns lamelliferous lamelliform lamellipedian lamellipedians lamellipodia lamellipodial

Literary usage of Lamellibranch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geology of Sydney and the Blue Mountains: A Popular Introduction to the by John Milne Curran (1899)
"... lamellibranch - "Horse-tail" - Fern - Root of Glossopteris - Brachiopod - Crustacean - Brachiopod - Brachiopod - lamellibranch ..."

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