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brachiopod

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˈbɹækɪəˌpɒd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: B R EY1 K IY0 AH0 P AA2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brachiopodous

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lamp shell, lampshell

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: invertebrate

History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Brachiopoda. By surface analysis, brachio- + -pod.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: armpotigen — any of the many marine invertebrates of the phylum Brachiopoda
  • Finnish: lonkerojalkainen — any of the many marine invertebrates of the phylum Brachiopoda
  • Polish: ramienionóg — any of the many marine invertebrates of the phylum Brachiopoda
  • Portuguese: braquiópode — any of the many marine invertebrates of the phylum Brachiopoda
  • Spanish: braquiópodo — any of the many marine invertebrates of the phylum Brachiopoda