Meaning of "pelecypod" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PELECYPOD

From Greek pelekus hatchet + -pod.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PELECYPOD

pelecypod  [pɪˈlɛsɪˌpɒd]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PELECYPOD

Pelecypod can act as a noun and an adjective.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PELECYPOD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bivalvia

Bivalvia is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. They have no head, and they also lack a radula. Bivalves include clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other families that live in saltwater, and well as a number of families that live in freshwater. The majority are filter feeders. The gills have evolved into ctenidia, specialised organs for feeding and breathing. Most bivalves bury themselves in sediment, where they are relatively safe from predation. Others lie on the sea floor or attach themselves to rocks or other hard surfaces. A few bore into wood, clay or stone and live inside these substances. Some bivalves, such as the scallops, can swim. The shell of a bivalve is composed of calcium carbonate, and consists of two, usually similar, parts called valves. These are joined together along one edge by a flexible ligament that, usually in conjunction with interlocking "teeth" on each of the valves, forms the hinge. This arrangement allows the shell to be opened and closed without the two halves becoming disarticulated.

TRANSLATION OF PELECYPOD

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• Translator English - Greek: ελασματοβράγχια
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PELECYPOD»

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The Anatomy of the Pelecypod Family Arcidae: Transactions of ...

Contents Also Include The Brain And Its Role In The Phylogenetic Transformation Of The Human Skull By Franz Weidenreich And Phylogenetic And Cytological Studies In The Ranunculaceae By Walton C. Gregory.

Harold Heath, Franz Weidenreich, Walton C. Gregory, 2013

Revision of the Pelecypod Family Tridacnidae: Notulae ...

NOTULAE NATURAE Number 195 of June 13, 1947 The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia A REVISION OF THE PELECYPOD FAMILY TRIDACNIDAE By Richard A. Mclean Assistant Curator, Department of Mollusks, The ...

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Pelecypod-sediment relationships at Tijuana Estuary

PELECYPOD- SEDIMENT RELATIONSHIPS AT TIJUANA ESTUARY A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of San Diego State University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Biology by Stephen Craig ...

Stephen C. Hosmer, 1977

Paleoenvironments and Paleohydrology of the Mojave and ...

H. H. (See Figure 12 for stratigraphic locations.) C-14 C-14 Unit no. 8 Pelecypod shells 10,580 ± 100 Y-1593 O/W C-14 Unit no 7 Tufa coats on gravel 9, 900 ±100 Y-1592. o/w. C-14 Unit no. 6 Pelecypod shells 10,700 ± 100 Y-1591 O/W C-14 ...

Yehouda Enzel, Stephen G. Wells, Nicholas Lancaster, 2003

United States Geological Survey Professional Paper

(gigantic form) = Nieskowskial Pelecypod : Ctenodontal sp. Gastropods : Loxoplocus (Lophospira) sp. Clathrospira sp. Trochonema (Trochonema) sp. Ostracodes; listed by Jean Berdan (written commun., Apr. 28, 1967) Eoleperditia bivia ...

‎1970

Geological Survey Professional Paper

No minor sculpture similar to that on L. vedderi has been noted on any described Lima, nor, for that matter, on any other pelecypod genus. The uniqueness of the sculpture makes identification of even small fragments feasible. The outline ...

Geological Survey (U.S.), 1987

Geological Survey Bulletin

Sparse megainvertebrate faunas from the basal Modelo are provisionally correlated with the "Briones" stage, early late Miocene, on the basis of the presence of the pelecypod Aequ ipecten cf. A. ander- soni gonicostus (Trask). Only the basal ...

‎1979

Carbonate Depositional Systems: Assessing Dimensions and ...

Permission by Springer) Facies Pelecypod sand Compound grain- pelecypod sand Foraminiferal sand Coral-algal sand Foraminifer- pelletoidal sands Gastropod sands Oolitic sands Pelecypod muddy sand facies Gastropod muddy sand ...

Hildegard Westphal, Bernhard M. Riegl, Gregor Paul Eberli, 2010

Slavery in the Age of Reason: Archaeology at a New England Farm

Table A5. Remains—amphibians Shell With 380 identified specimens, the shell ( table A6) makes up a significant part of the Royall House collection. We identified the shell as belonging almost exclusively to the Pelecypod (bivalves) class, ...

Alexandra A. Chan, 2007

The Study of Benthic Communities

(insect) Tagelus divisus (pelecypod) Oxyurostylis smithi (cumacean) Ensis directus (pelecypod) Neopanope texana sayi (decapod) Corophium bonelli ( amphipod) Callipallene brevirostris (pycnogonid) Corophium acherusicum ( amphipod) ...

R. H. Parker, 1974

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PELECYPOD»

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The former clay quarry was a popular RAGBRAI stop in 2010, when riders scoured the dirt for clam (pelecypod) and snail (gastropod) fossils ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Mar 14»