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Adjective
/ˈbīˌvalv/,
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bivalves, plural;
  1. (of a mollusk or other aquatic invertebrate) With a hinged shell

  2. Having two valves

Noun
  1. An aquatic mollusk that has a compressed body enclosed within a hinged shell, such as oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops

  1. used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
  2. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
  3. Bivalvia is a class of marine and freshwater mollusks known for some time as Pelecypoda, but now commonly referred to simply as bivalves. As with Gastropoda and Cephalopoda, the term Pelecypoda is in reference to the animal itself while Bivalvia simply describes the shell. ...
  4. Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster
  5. (bivalved) having two sections or halves.
  6. (Bivalves) Molluscs that have a two-part hinged shell, such as clams, oysters, mussels and scallops.
  7. (Bivalves) An animal (as a clam or oyster) with a 2-valved shell.
  8. (Bivalves) (Bivalvia). The largest of the bivalve mollusks is the Giant Clam (Tridacna gigas). Although even more enormous sizes have been reported for this monstrous but passive animal, the top verified size is 273 kg (600 lb), 1.16 m (3.85 ft) in length and 76 cm (30 in) wide.
  9. (Bivalves) Gk originated word used for shellfishes with two shells (i.e. oysters, mussels etc).
  10. A mollusk having two shells hinged together, as the oyster, clam, or mussel; or any animal with two halves to its shell such as an ostracode or brachiopod.
  11. (buy - valv) A mollusk whose shell is two pieces joined by a muscular hinge. Clams and oysters are bivalves.
  12. Marine or freshwater mollusk that possess a hinged shell and a hatchet-shaped foot. Bivalves are generally sessile or burrow into soft sediment, rock, wood, or other materials. Oysters are sessile bivalves.
  13. A mollusk or other shelled animal who's shell is comprised of two separate halves, or valves, usually connected by a flexible hinge.
  14. A class of mollusk including mussels, clams, and oysters.
  15. Mollusk with two shells connected by a hinge (i.e. clams, oysters).
  16. a mollusk with a shell that consists of two symmetrical valves
  17. A shellfish that has two shell of roughly equal size.
  18. A group of soft-bodied organisms that live enclosed in two shells, and have a muscular foot and siphons (e.g. mussels, clams, oysters).
  19. Marine animal with paired shells that protect the soft animal inside. Bivalves include mussels, scallops, cockles, oysters, and clams.
  20. mollusc with a shell composed of two distinct and usually movable parts that open and shut.
  21. Any mollusc, such a as mussel or cockle, that has a shell with two hinged shell halves.
  22. a group of molluscs with flattened bodies enclosed by a pair shells (valves) made of hard calcite.
  23. A mollusc with two shells, for example, a clam or mussel.
  24. Bivalves are a group of mollusks that includes clams, mussels, oysters and scallops. They are so-named because their shell consists of two halves, or valves, that are hinged together. Usually the two halves are mirror images of each other, but not always. ...
  25. mollusc with a shell in two parts, hinged together.