Bivalve Definition

bīvălv
bivalves
noun
bivalves
Any of a class (Bivalvia) of mollusks, including mussels and clams, having a shell consisting of two valves hinged together.
Webster's New World
Any of numerous freshwater and marine mollusks of the class Bivalvia, having a shell consisting of two hinged valves connected by a ligament, and including the clams, mussels, oysters, and scallops.
American Heritage Medicine

Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.

Wiktionary

(botany) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

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adjective
Having a shell of two valves hinged together.
Webster's New World
Having a shell consisting of two hinged valves.
American Heritage Medicine
Consisting of two similar separable parts.
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Other Word Forms of Bivalve

Noun

Singular:
bivalve
Plural:
bivalves

Origin of Bivalve

  • bi- (“two”) +‎ valve

    From Wiktionary

Bivalve Sentence Examples

  • The Acephala, or Lamellibranchiata, are commonly known as bivalve shell-fish.

  • The common Mussel is the most common bivalve in Cornwall forming extensive beds on exposed rocky beaches.

  • An example of the latter is seen in a common little freshwater bivalve, the Pisidium pusillum, which has been studied by Lankester.

  • A two-edged weapon, of which the blade is of sharks' teeth, and a defensive armour of braided sennit, are also peculiar to the islands; a large adze, made of the shell of the Tridacna gigas (the largest bivalve known), was formerly used in the Carolines, probably by the old builder race.

  • It may assume the form of a bivalve shell entirely enclosing the body and limbs, as in many 6, maxilla (second maxilla).

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