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Definition of bivalve
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Bivalve
(n.) A
pericarp
in which the seed case opens or
splits
into two parts or
valves.
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Lithodome
::
Lithodome
(n.) Any one of
several
species
of
bivalves,
which form holes in
limestone,
in which they live; esp., any
species
of the genus
Lithodomus..
Tubivalve
::
Tubivalve
(n.) A shell or tube
formed
by an
annelid,
as a
serpula..
Avicula
::
Avicula
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalves,
having
a
pearly
interior,
allied
to the pearl
oyster;
-- so
called
from a
supposed
resemblance
of the
typical
species
to a
bird..
Ostracea
::
Ostracea
(n. pl.) A
division
of
bivalve
mollusks
including
the
oysters
and
allied
shells.
Spoutless
::
Spoutfish
(n.) A
marine
animal
that
spouts
water;
--
applied
especially
to
certain
bivalve
mollusks,
like the long clams
(Mya),
which
spout,
or
squirt
out, water when
retiring
into their
holes..
Ostracean
::
Ostracean
(n.) Any one of a
family
of
bivalves,
of which the
oyster
is the
type..
Lithodomus
::
Lithodomus
(n.) A genus of
elongated
bivalve
shells,
allied
to the
mussels,
and
remarkable
for their
ability
to bore holes for
shelter,
in solid
limestone,
shells,
etc.
Called
also
Lithophagus..
Astarte
::
Astarte
(n.) A genus of
bivalve
mollusks,
common
on the
coasts
of
America
and
Europe..
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) One of the tubes or folds of the
mantle
border
of a
bivalve
or
gastropod
mollusk
by which water is
conducted
into the gill
cavity.
See
Illust.
under Mya, and
Lamellibranchiata..
Drill
::
Drill (n.) A
marine
gastropod,
of
several
species,
which kills
oysters
and other
bivalves
by
drilling
holes
through
the
shell.
The most
destructive
kind is
Urosalpinx
cinerea..
Solen
::
Solen (n.) Any
marine
bivalve
mollusk
belonging
to Solen or
allied
genera
of the
family
Solenidae;
a razor
shell.
Siphonata
::
Siphonata
(n. pl.) A tribe of
bivalve
mollusks
in which the
posterior
mantle
border
is
prolonged
into two tubes or
siphons.
Called
also
Siphoniata.
See
Siphon,
2 (a), and
Quahaug..
Ostracoidea
::
Ostracoidea
(n. pl.) An order of
Entomostraca
possessing
hard
bivalve
shells.
They are of small size, and swim
freely
about..
Xylotrya
::
Xylotrya
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalves
closely
allied
to
Teredo,
and
equally
destructive
to
timber.
One
species
(Xylotrya
fimbriata)
is very
common
on the
Atlantic
coast of the
United
States..
Myaria
::
Myaria
(n. pl.) A
division
of
bivalve
mollusks
of which the
common
clam (Mya) is the type.
Shipworm
::
Shipworm
(n.) Any long,
slender,
worm-shaped
bivalve
mollusk
of
Teredo
and
allied
genera.
The
shipworms
burrow
in wood, and are
destructive
to
wooden
ships,
piles of
wharves,
etc. See
Teredo..
Nates
::
Nates (n. pl.) The
umbones
of a
bivalve
shell.
Holostraca
::
Holostraca
(n. pl.) A
division
of
phyllopod
Crustacea,
including
those that are
entirely
covered
by a
bivalve
shell..
Clam
::
Clam (v. t.) A
bivalve
mollusk
of many
kinds,
especially
those that are
edible;
as, the long clam (Mya
arenaria),
the
quahog
or round clam
(Venus
mercenaria),
the sea clam or hen clam
(Spisula
solidissima),
and other
species
of the
United
States.
The name is said to have been given
originally
to the
Tridacna
gigas,
a huge East
Indian
bivalve..
Inoceramus
::
Inoceramus
(n.) An
extinct
genus of
large,
fossil,
bivalve
shells,allied
to the
mussels.
The genus is
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period..
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