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brachiopod::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | brachiopodous |
brachiopod::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Synonyms | lamp shell, lampshell |
| Type of | invertebrate |
Examples of brachiopod
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Fish and crustaceans seem to find brachiopod flesh distasteful and seldom attack them.
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In cold seas, brachiopod growth is seasonal and the animals often lose weight in winter.
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Brachiopod metabolisms are 3 to 10 times slower than those of bivalves.
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The team found their Drakozoon specimen clinging onto the fossilised shell of a brachiopod.
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Brachiopod fossils have been useful indicators of climate changes during the Paleozoic era.
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Brachiopod valves often serve as substrates for encrusting organisms.
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Fish and crustaceans seem to find brachiopod flesh distasteful.
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So far, out of 3,140 brachiopod specimens, Hoffmeister has identified 58 unquestionable drill holes.
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Brachiopod shells occasionally show evidence of damage by predators, and sometimes of subsequent repair.
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- Of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda
- Marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide
- Brachiopods are a phylum of marine animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs (such as scallops, clams, oysters and mussels). ...
- (brachiopods) A phylum of hinge-shelled animals that have left an excellent fossil record; brachiopods live on or in the ocean floor. PICTURE 1 | PICTURE 2
- (brachiopods) marine invertebrate animals in which the soft parts are enclosed by two shells, called valves.
- (Brachiopods) (mollusk-like marine animals) appeared during the Cambrian (540 to 500 mya); some examples still survive.
- (Brachiopods) Organisms with two clam-like shells joined together (but anatomically different from clams which are mollusks).
- (Brachiopods) Shell where the valve is symmetrical in itself. The two valves are not symmetrical to each other. This animal lived connected to the sea floor, filtering foodparticles from the seawater. They occur in sediments since the Cambrian period until recent. ...
- (brachiopods) Marine animals with two unequal shells or valves that are normally bilaterally symmetrical. They range in age from lower Cambrian to Present.
