brach|i|o|pod

brach|i|o|pod
brach|i|o|pod «BRAK ee uh pod, BRAY kee-», noun.
any one of a phylum of sea animals characterized by a bivalve shell and, coiled within the shell, a pair of arms covered with cilia for sweeping tiny food organisms into the mouth: »

About 350,000 years ago brachiopods, similar to worms, were perhaps the most abundant animals on earth (Science News Letter).

[< New Latin Brachiopoda the class name < Greek brachōn upper arm + poús, podós foot]

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