Defenition of the word bivalve

• Defenition of the word bivalve

  • (zoology) used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
  • marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
  • used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

Synonyms for the word bivalve

• • bivalved
  • lamellibranch
  • pelecypod

Similar words in the bivalve

• • lamellibranch
  • pelecypod
  • pelecypodous

Meronymys for the word bivalve

• • Bivalvia
  • class Bivalvia
  • class Lamellibranchia
  • class Pelecypoda
  • Lamellibranchia

Hyponyms for the word bivalve

• • ark shell
  • blood clam
  • clam
  • cockle
  • escallop
  • mussel
  • oyster
  • piddock
  • scallop
  • scollop

Hypernyms for the word bivalve

• • mollusc
  • mollusk
  • shellfish

Antonyms for the word bivalve

• • univalve

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