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brachiopod

brach.io.pod \'brak-e--*-.pa:d\ n [deriv. of L bracchium + Gk pod-, pous 
   foot - more at FO]OT : any of a phylum (Brachiopoda) of marine 
   invertebrates with bivalve shell s within which is a pair of arms bearing 
   tentacles by which a current of water is made to bring microscopic food to 
   the mouth - brachiopod aj