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Bivalve   /bˈaɪvˌælv/   Listen
Bivalve

adjective
1.
Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.).  Synonym: bivalved.






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"Bivalve" Quotes from Famous Books



... folds itself together, so that the little animal acquires the aspect of a bivalve shell, the foremost limbs become transformed into very peculiar adherent feet ("prehensile antennae," Darwin), and the two following pairs are cast off; like the frontal horns. On the abdomen six pairs of powerful ...
— Facts and Arguments for Darwin • Fritz Muller



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



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