Word Structure

WordHub has a local lexical record for “Lamellibranchia” with pronunciation and root analysis.

• lam

  leaf, thin plate, sheet

  Forms: lam, lamin

• -ella

  diminutive suffix, indicating something small or little.

  Forms: ella, elle

• -branch

  a gill

  Forms: branchi, branch

• -ia

  a suffix that forms nouns; state of, condition of, quality of; act of - names of diseases - names of countries - names of chemical alkaloids - names of flowers, from names of the discoverer or the person who introduced the flower - names of classes and orders in botany and zoology - names of collective nouns - names of things relating to something - plurals of Latin and Greek nouns that end with -ion, -ium, -um

  Forms: ia