Words that rhyme with brachiopod

  • amphipod
    n 1: a kind of malacostracan crustacean
  • arthropod
    n 1: invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin
  • cephalopod
    adj 1: relating or belonging to the class Cephalopoda [syn: cephalopod, cephalopodan] n 1: marine mollusk characterized by well-developed head and eyes and sucker-bearing tentacles [syn: cephalopod, cephalopod mollusk]
  • copepod
    n 1: minute marine or freshwater crustaceans usually having six pairs of limbs on the thorax; some abundant in plankton and others parasitic on fish [syn: copepod, copepod crustacean]
  • hexapod
    n 1: an animal having six feet
  • isopod
    n 1: any of various small terrestrial or aquatic crustaceans with seven pairs of legs adapted for crawling
  • tripod
    n 1: a three-legged rack used for support
  • decapod
    n 1: crustaceans characteristically having five pairs of locomotor appendages each joined to a segment of the thorax [syn: decapod crustacean, decapod] 2: cephalopods having eight short tentacles plus two long ones
  • octopod
    n 1: a cephalopod with eight arms but lacking an internal shell
  • pseudopod
    n 1: temporary outgrowth used by some microorganisms as an organ of feeding or locomotion [syn: pseudopod, pseudopodium]
  • rhizopod
    n 1: protozoa characterized by a pseudopod [syn: rhizopod, rhizopodan]
  • sauropod
    n 1: very large herbivorous dinosaur of the Jurassic and Cretaceous having a small head a long neck and tail and five-toed limbs; largest known land animal [syn: sauropod, sauropod dinosaur]
  • tetrapod
    n 1: a vertebrate animal having four feet or legs or leglike appendages
  • myriapod
    n 1: general term for any terrestrial arthropod having an elongated body composed of many similar segments: e.g. centipedes and millipedes
  • chaetopod
  • macropod
  • phyllopod
  • polypod
  • pteropod
  • unipod

See also brachiopod definition and brachiopod synonyms