Definition of "pelecypod" [pelecypod]

• See lamellibranch. (noun)

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• "Fenton and Fenton 1937 describe pelecypod burrows and trails near Dawson Pass."
• "It may thus be told from the pelecypod mollusk, such as the clam, whose two valves are not far from equal in size, each being divided into unequal parts by a line dropped from the beak."