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Pectinoid vs Buchiid - What's the difference?

pectinoid | buchiid | Hypernyms |

Pectinoid is a hypernym of buchiid.


As a noun buchiid is

(malacology|paleontology) a bivalve mollusc of the extinct family (taxlink) .

pectinoid

Not English

Pectinoid has no English definition. It may be misspelled.

English words similar to 'pectinoid':

positioned, postmarked, pectinated, pectinid, pectiniid, pistoned, pastimed

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