pelecypod

1. 1.

   bivalve

   Synonymslamellibranchpelecypodous

   Similarbivalve

Other forms of pelecypod

plural

pelecypods·

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 pelecypod

What does pelecypod mean?

pelecypod 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 pelecypod?

pelecypod has 4 syllables: pe-le-cy-pod. The stress falls on "le".

What is another word for pelecypod?

Close synonyms include bivalve, lamellibranch, lamellibranch, 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 pelecypod a common word?

pelecypod is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.