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Mollusc vs Buchiid - What's the difference?

mollusc | buchiid | Hypernyms |

Buchiid is a hypernym of mollusc.



As nouns the difference between mollusc and buchiid

is that mollusc is a soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces while buchiid is a bivalve mollusc of the extinct family family: Buchiidae

mollusc

English

(wikipedia mollusc)

Alternative forms

* (US) mollusk

Noun

(en noun)
  • A soft-bodied invertebrate of the phylum Mollusca, typically with a hard shell of one or more pieces.
  • (figuratively) A weak-willed person.

    • References

    * (Mollusca) * * * *

    buchiid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (malacology, paleontology) A bivalve mollusc of the extinct family (taxlink)
  • * {{quote-book, 1997, Rolf Ludvigsen, Life in Stone: A Natural History of British Columbia's Fossils, isbn=0774805781 citation
    • , passage=The buchiids were certainly the most abundant bivalve group in the oceans of British Columbia during the Late Jurassic and Early Cretaceous. }}

    Hypernyms

    * pectinoid ** pteriomorph *** bivalve **** mollusc