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Bivalve
Bivalve Bi"valve, a. [Pref. bi- + valve.] (Zo["o]l. & Bot.)
Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the
oyster and certain seed vessels.
Bivalve
Bivalve Bi"valve, n. [F. bivalve; bi- (L. bis) + valve valve.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two
lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic
ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by
prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the
contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the
inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the
oyster. See Mollusca.
2. (Bot.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits
into two parts or valves.
Meaning of Bivalve from wikipedia
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Bivalvia (/baɪˈvælviə/) or
bivalves, in
previous centuries referred to as the
Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a
class of
aquatic molluscs (marine...
- A ****le is an
edible marine bivalve mollusc.
Although many
small edible bivalves are
loosely called ****les, true ****les are
species in the
family Cardiidae...
- States:
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Jersey Bivalve,
unincorporated community in
Marin County,
California All
pages with
titles beginning with
Bivalve Bivalent...
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Hymenophyllum bivalve is a
species of
filmy fern. It is
found in moist,
sheltered areas in or near
mountain rainforests in
Australia and New Zealand....
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Nothoscordum bivalve is a
species of
flowering plant in the
Amaryllidaceae known by the
common names crowpoison and
false garlic. It is
native to the...
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Freshwater bivalves are
molluscs of the
order Bivalvia that
inhabit freshwater ecosystems. They are one of the two main
groups of
freshwater molluscs,...
- A
bivalve s**** is the
enveloping exoskeleton or s**** of a
bivalve mollusc,
composed of two
hinged halves or valves. The two half-s****,
called the...
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Megalodon is an
extinct genus of
bivalve molluscs that
reportedly lived from the
Devonian to the Jur****ic period. It is not clear, however, that all the...
- defined,
often most prominent,
highest part of each
valve of the s**** of a
bivalve or
univalve mollusc. It
usually contains the valve's beak, the
oldest point...
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Abutilon bivalve is a
species of
flowering plant (among the Malvales) in the
Malvaceae family, a
shrub (or subshrub)
ranging from
Mexico to
northern Argentina...
