单词 | pelecypod |
释义 | pelecypodn.adj. Zoology and Palaeontology. A. n. A mollusc of the class Pelecypoda (now usually called Bivalvia); a bivalve mollusc, a lamellibranch. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > bivalves cockOE cockle1311 conch?1527 palour1589 conchyle1610 bivalvular1677 bivalve1684 nut-mussel1705 concha1755 cuckolda1757 Acephala1802 pullet1803 ciliograde1835 conchifer1835 acephalan1840 acephal1845 bivalvian1863 pelecypod1875 tea-clam1883 steamer clam1909 1875 Amer. Cycl. XI. 51/1 His [sc. Van Beneden's] class mollusca, at the first date, included cephalopods, gasteropods, pelecypods, and brachiopods. 1897 Conc. Knowl. Nat. Hist. 619 In the higher Pelecypods they are filibranch. 1935 W. H. Twenhofel & R. R. Shrock Invertebr. Paleontol. ix. 314 In the earliest and most primitive pelecypods..the edges of the mantle are entirely free. 1997 J. B. Mitton Select. in Nat. Populations vii. 103 Another marine pelecypod, the blue mussel, exhibits a positive correlation between individual heterozygosity and growth rate. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the class Pelecypoda; relating to bivalve molluscs. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [adjective] > of bivalve molluscs or shells cardinal1809 conchyliferous1811 transverse1822 conchiferous1833 transversal1835 tellinoid1841 shell-bearing1844 saxicavous1850 auriculate1854 pelecypodous1857 sinupallial1863 tubivalve1882 sinupalliate1883 pelecypod1890 taxodont1895 1890 Amer. Naturalist 24 1134 The valves are unequal, and also dissimilar. This character is ascribed to the mechanical effects of the condition of cemented fixation acting upon a Pelecypod shell. 1901 A. S. Packard Lamarck xx. 417 The hinge of Pelecypod molluscs and its development. 1963 R. M. Eakin in D. Mazia & A. Tyler Gen. Physiol. Cell Specialization xxi. 414 The pelecypod eye. 1998 Amer. Midland Naturalist 139 213 Pelecypod densities were still significantly reduced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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