lamellibranch

1. 1.

   bivalve

   Synonymspelecypodpelecypodous

   Similarbivalve

Other forms of lamellibranch

plural

lamellibranches·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lamellibranch

What does lamellibranch mean?

lamellibranch means "marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lamellibranch?

lamellibranch has 4 syllables: la-mel-li-branch. The stress falls on "mel".

What is another word for lamellibranch?

Close synonyms include bivalve, pelecypod, pelecypod, pelecypodous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lamellibranch a common word?

lamellibranch is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.