Definition of Pelecypods

1. Noun. (plural of pelecypod) ¹

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Definition of Pelecypods

1. pelecypod [n] - See also: pelecypod

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelecypods

pelargonoyl
pelargonoyls
pelas
pelasgic
pelau
pele
pelecan
pelecaniform
pelecaniform seabird
pelecaniformes
pelecans
pelecoid
pelecypod
pelecypoda
pelecypodous
pelecypods (current term)
pelehouse
pelehouses
pelerine
pelerines
peles
peleton
peletons
pelf
pelfish
pelfs
pelger-huet anomaly
pelham
pelhams
pelican

Literary usage of Pelecypods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The abundance of the pelecypods.—The silty bottoms favored the ... —Though fairly abundant, the gastropods were quite inferior to the pelecypods in numbers. ..."

2. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1905)
"The abundance of the pelecypods.—The silty bottoms favored the ... —Though fairly abundant, the gastropods were quite inferior to the pelecypods in numbers. ..."

3. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The abundance of the pelecypods.—The silty bottoms favored the ... —Though fairly abundant, the gastropods were quite inferior to the pelecypods in numbers. ..."

4. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1903)
"... and promising of usefulness into the morphology of the pelecypods, that we wish to aid in making it known to the American students of paleontology. ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1912)
"They are not abundant, but 2 species of articulated brachiopods, 6 of pelecypods and one cephalopod were recognized and an ..."

6. Formation of Coal Beds by John James Stevenson (1913)
"They are not abundant, but 2 species of articulated brachiopods, 6 of pelecypods and one cephalopod were recognized and an ..."

7. Contributions to Geology and Plant Physiology by Johns Hopkins University (1917)
"THE pelecypods OF THE BOWDEN FAUNA By WENDELL P. WOODRING 1. INTRODUCTION The marls exposed along the coast between Morant Bay and Port Morant, ..."

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