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bivalve
(encz) | bivalve,škeble n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bivalve
(gcide) | Bivalve \Bi"valve\, n. [F. bivalve; bi- (L. bis) + valve valve.]
1. (Zool.) 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.
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2. (Bot.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits
into two parts or valves.
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Bivalve
(gcide) | Bivalve \Bi"valve\, a. [Pref. bi- + valve.] (Zool. & Bot.)
Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the
oyster and certain seed vessels.
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bivalve
(wn) | bivalve
adj 1: used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) [syn:
bivalve, bivalved] [ant: univalve]
n 1: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with
platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
[syn: bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch] |
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bivalve
(encz) | bivalve,škeble n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bivalved
(gcide) | Bivalved \Bi"valved\, a.
Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve.
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Tubivalve
(gcide) | Tubivalve \Tu"bi*valve\, n. [See Tube, Valve.] (Zool.)
A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula.
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bivalve
(wn) | bivalve
adj 1: used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) [syn:
bivalve, bivalved] [ant: univalve]
n 1: marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with
platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
[syn: bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch] |
bivalved
(wn) | bivalved
adj 1: used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) [syn:
bivalve, bivalved] [ant: univalve] |
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