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Bivalve

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Noun

1. bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod

marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Adjective

2. bivalve, bivalved

used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Bivalve

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noun
1. Also: pelecypod, lamellibranch
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
2. Also: pelecypod, lamellibranch
of, relating to, or belonging to the Pelecypoda
3. Also: bivalvate (baɪˈvælveɪt ) biology
having or consisting of two valves or similar parts
a bivalve seed capsule

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Bivalve

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noun
1. 
any of a class (Bivalvia) of mollusks, including mussels and clams, having a shell consisting of two valves hinged together
adjective
2. 
having a shell of two valves hinged together
: also ˈbiˌvalved

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Bivalve

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n.
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. Also called lamellibranch, pelecypod.
adj.
1. Having a shell consisting of two hinged valves.
2. Consisting of two similar separable parts.

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