Bivalve Synonyms and Antonyms

bīvălv
Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. clam
  2. cockle
  3. pelecypod
  4. mollusk
  5. mussel
  6. oyster
  7. scallop
  8. spat
  9. lamellibranch
Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. bivalved
Antonyms:
  1. univalve

Words Related to Bivalve

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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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