HyperDic: bivalve

English > 2 senses of the word *bivalve*:
NOUN	animal	bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
ADJECTIVE	all	bivalve, bivalved	used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

bivalve > pronunciation
Sounds	bay'vae.lv
Rhymes	valve

English > *bivalve*: 2 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.).
Synonym	bivalved
Category	zoology, zoological science	The branch of biology that studies animals
Narrower	lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous	bivalve
Opposite	univalve	Used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.
Spanish	bivalvo
Catalan	bivalve
Nouns	bivalve	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

English > *bivalve*: 2 senses > noun 1, animal
Meaning	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together.
Synonyms	pelecypod, lamellibranch
Member of	Bivalvia, class Bivalvia, Lamellibranchia, class Lamellibranchia, class Pelecypoda	oysters
Narrower	ark shell	marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface
	blood clam	red-blooded clam
	clam	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud
	cockle	Common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs
	mussel	marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc.
	oyster	marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell
	piddock	marine bivalve that bores into rock / rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells
	scallop, scollop, escallop	edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions
Broader	mollusk, mollusc, shellfish	invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell
Spanish	bivalvo, lamelibranquio, lamelibranquios
Catalan	bivalve, lamel·libranqui
Adjectives	bivalve	used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

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