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Bivalve   /bˈaɪvˌælv/   Listen
Bivalve

noun
1.
Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together.  Synonyms: lamellibranch, pelecypod.






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"Bivalve" Quotes from Famous Books



... to the northward of the south-westernmost Hope Island; and, as it was low water and the reef uncovered, we walked across it. It is formed principally of coral, on the surface of which we found the gray trepang; a small Chama gigas, a cypraea, a pretty azure-coloured species of asteria, and a few bivalve shells. The few birds that frequented the reef were very shy, and flew away at our approach: they were principally ...
— Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia] [Volume 2 of 2] • Phillip Parker King



Words linked to "Bivalve" :   mollusc, scollop, zoology, piddock, blood clam, cockle, ark shell, Bivalvia, mussel, Lamellibranchia, zoological science, class Bivalvia, oyster, clam, class Lamellibranchia, mollusk, pelecypodous, escallop, shellfish, class Pelecypoda, scallop, univalve



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