noun
- Marine animal with bivalve shell having a pair of arms bearing tentacles for capturing food; found worldwide.
- synonyms: lamp shell, lampshell
adjective
- Of or belonging to the phylum Brachiopoda.
- synonyms: brachiopodous
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