Words that rhyme with brachiopod
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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
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macropod
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phyllopod
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polypod
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pteropod
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unipod
See also brachiopod definition and brachiopod synonyms
