Brach i on us (brak i on us)

[NL., brachiopod, brachiopode (brak'i-o-pod, -pod), n. and a. I. n. One of the Brachiopod a. In most Brachiopods , the oral area is narrowed to a mere groove, and is produced on each side of the mouth into a long spirally-coiled arm, fringed with tentacles; whence the name of Brachiopod a, applied to the group. Huxley , Anat. Invert., p. 397. Age of brachiopods, the Silurian period. II. a . Same as brachiopod ous . Brachiopod a (brak-i-op'ō-da), n. pl. [NL.,