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Bivalve
Bivalve Bi"valve, a. [Pref. bi- + valve.] (Zo["o]l. & Bot.)
Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the
oyster and certain seed vessels.
Bivalve
Bivalve Bi"valve, n. [F. bivalve; bi- (L. bis) + valve valve.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
2. (Bot.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits
into two parts or valves.
Meaning of Bivalves from wikipedia
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bivalves are used in craftwork, and the
manufacture of
jewellery and buttons.
Bivalves have also been used in the
biocontrol of pollution.
Bivalves appear...
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freshwater bivalves improve, the
distribution of
where these freshwater bivalves occur can
become more apparent. The
study of
freshwater bivalves predates...
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Pojetaia are
regarded as
bivalves. "Modern-looking"
bivalves appeared in the
Ordovician period, 488 to 443
million years ago. One
bivalve group, the rudists...
- States:
Bivalve,
Maryland Bivalve, New
Jersey Bivalve,
unincorporated community in
Marin County,
California All
pages with
titles beginning with
Bivalve Bivalent...
- (link) Huber,
Markus (2010).
Compendium of
Bivalves. A Full-color
Guide to 3,300 of the World's
Marine Bivalves. A
Status on
Bivalvia after 250
Years of...
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around that area. The umbo is
situated above the
hinge line. In
those bivalves where the
umbones do not protrude, as is the case for
example in some mussels...
- matrix.
Bivalves are very
common in
essentially all
aquatic locales,
including sal****er,
brackish water and
fresh water. The s**** of dead
bivalves commonly...
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Nothoscordum bivalve is a
species of
flowering plant in the
Amaryllidaceae family known by the
common names crow
poison and
false garlic. It is native...
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Because by definition, all
bivalves have two valves, the s**** of a
bivalve has two umbones, and two beaks. In many
species of
bivalves the
beaks point towards...
- less
rounded or oval. The word "mussel" is
frequently used to mean the
bivalves of the
marine family Mytilidae, most of
which live on
exposed s****s in...
