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bivalve
[ bahy-valv ]
noun
- Also called lamellibranch. Zoology. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills.
adjective
- Botany. having two valves, as a seedcase.
- Zoology. having two shells, usually united by a hinge.
- having two similar parts hinged together.
bivalve
/ ˈbaɪˌvælv /
noun
- Alsopelecypodlamellibranch any marine or freshwater mollusc of the class Pelecypoda (formerly Bivalvia or Lamellibranchia ), having a laterally compressed body, a shell consisting of two hinged valves, and gills for respiration. The group includes clams, cockles, oysters, and mussels
adjective
- Alsopelecypodlamellibranch of, relating to, or belonging to the Pelecypoda
- Alsobivalvatebaɪˈvælveɪt biology having or consisting of two valves or similar parts
a bivalve seed capsule
bivalve
/ bī′vălv′ /
- Any of various mollusks of the class Bivalvia, having a shell consisting of two halves hinged together. Clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels are bivalves. The class Bivalvia is also called Pelecypoda, and was formerly called Lamellibranchia.
- Compare univalve
Derived Forms
- biˈvalvular, adjective
Other Words From
- bi·val·vu·lar [bahy-, val, -vy, uh, -ler], adjective
Example Sentences
In New York City, they’re repopulating the harbor with farmed oysters to build reefs with the bivalves that stop the kind of erosion that made Hurricane Sandy so destructive while filtering toxins out of the water.
For local oysters, stop at Little Creek Oyster Farm and Market, where they serve buckets of the bivalves on picnic tables in front of the Peconic River.
Remember to head to our Recipe Finder for even more recipes featuring bivalves.
Solar Oysters’ goal is for the rig to allow farmers to raise bivalves at a cost of 24 cents per oyster, he added, because oysters are often sold for 50 cents each.
Because scallops are bivalves and they filter near-shore saltwater, they are subject to collecting impurities in some regional waters.
Her instructions for “the perfect scallops” include “Season both sides and let those little marine bivalve mollusks chillax.”
Amongst other appearances, however, we observed a bivalve, which seemed to differ from terebratula and its congeners.
If the ligament of a gaping bivalve should become dry and stiff, it can be softened by putting it in water.
A pink bivalve shell was eventually discovered, which he considered worthy of containing the honoured corpse.
A straw hat, curled up into a grotesque shape, lay at his feet like some distorted bivalve.
Arca, a genus of bivalve molluscs, family Arcad, whose shells are known as ark-shells.
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