Bivalve synonyms

bī'vălv'

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clam
The definition of a clam is an animal that lives in shallow water with a hard shell and no backbone, or is slang for a U.S. dollar.
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cockle
Any of various weeds that grow in grainfields, as the corn cockle
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mollusk
Any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals, including the chitons, gastropods, cephalopods, scaphopods, and bivalves characterized by a soft, unsegmented body, typically enclosed wholly or in part in a mantle and a calcareous shell, and usually having gills and a foot
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mussel
Any of numerous freshwater bivalve mollusks of the order Unionoida that burrow in the sand or mud of rivers, streams, and ponds.
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oyster
Any of various bivalve mollusks with an irregularly shaped, unequal shell, living attached to rocks, other shells, etc., and widely used as food
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scallop
The single shell of such a mollusk
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spat
A spattering sound, as of raindrops.
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univalve (related)
Having a shell consisting of a single valve or piece. Used of a mollusk.
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bivalved
Having two valves.
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pelecypod
(Zoology) Any of the Pelecypoda.
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lamellibranch
Any marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk, of the class Lamellibranchia or Bivalvia; includes the clams, scallops and oysters
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mollusc (related)
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gastropod (related)
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crustacean (related)
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amphipod (related)
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echinoderm (related)
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bryozoa (related)
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ostracod (related)
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polychaete (related)
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bryozoan (related)
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foraminifera (related)
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crustacea (related)
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hydroid (related)
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molluscs (related)
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brachiopod (related)
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oligochaete (related)
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echinoid (related)
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Find another word for bivalve. In this page you can discover 27 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for bivalve, like: clam, cockle, mollusk, mussel, oyster, scallop, spat, univalve, bivalved, pelecypod and lamellibranch.
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Bivalve Sentence Examples

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

  • - The genus Monobrachium is a colonyforming hydroid which grows upon the shells of bivalve molluscs, each polyp having but a single tentacle.

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

  • In some cases a brown marl is also present, coating the ferroan calcite or directly in contact with the bivalve shell.

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