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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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Escutcheon
::
Escutcheon
(n.) The
depression
behind
the beak of
certain
bivalves;
the
ligamental
area.
Ostracoidea
::
Ostracoidea
(n. pl.) An order of
Entomostraca
possessing
hard
bivalve
shells.
They are of small size, and swim
freely
about..
Bojanus Organ
::
Bojanus
organ () A
glandular
organ of
bivalve
mollusca,
serving
in part as a
kidney..
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..
Valve
::
Valve (n.) One of the
pieces
or
divisions
of
bivalve
or
multivalve
shells.
Spat
::
Spat (n.) A young
oyster
or other
bivalve
mollusk,
both
before
and after it first
becomes
adherent,
or such
young,
collectively..
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..
Anodon
::
Anodon
(n.) A genus of
fresh-water
bivalves,
having
no teeth at the
hinge..
Pallet
::
Pallet
(n.) One of a pair of
shelly
plates
that
protect
the
siphon
tubes of
certain
bivalves,
as the
Teredo.
See
Illust.
of
Teredo..
Tridacna
::
Tridacna
(n.) A genus of very large
marine
bivalve
shells
found on the coral reefs of the
Indian
and
Pacific
Oceans.
One
species
(T.
gigas)
often
weighs
four or five
hundred
pounds,
and is
sometimes
used for
baptismal
fonts.
Called
also paw
shell,
and
fountain
shell..
Tubivalve
::
Tubivalve
(n.) A shell or tube
formed
by an
annelid,
as a
serpula..
Teredo
::
Teredo
(n.) A genus of long,
slender,
wormlike
bivalve
mollusks
which bore into
submerged
wood, such as the piles of
wharves,
bottoms
of
ships,
etc.; --
called
also
shipworm.
See
Shipworm.
See
Illust.
in App..
Mussel
::
Mussel
(n.) Any one of many
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus
Mytilus,
and
related
genera,
of the
family
Mytidae.
The
common
mussel
(Mytilus
edulis;
see
Illust.
under
Byssus),
and the
larger,
or
horse,
mussel
(Modiola
modiolus),
inhabiting
the
shores
both of
Europe
and
America,
are
edible.
The
former
is
extensively
used as food in
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..
Bear''s-paw
::
Bear's-paw
(n.) A large
bivalve
shell of the East
Indies
(Hippopus
maculatus),
often used as an
ornament..
Plate-gilled
::
Plate-gilled
(a.)
Having
flat, or
leaflike,
gills,
as the
bivalve
mollusks..
Asiphonate
::
Asiphonate
(a.)
Destitute
of a
siphon
or
breathing
tube; -- said of many
bivalve
shells.
Heteromyaria
::
Heteromyaria
(n. pl.) A
division
of
bivalve
shells,
including
the
marine
mussels,
in which the two
adductor
muscles
are very
unequal.
See
Dreissena,
and
Illust.
under
Byssus..
Tellina
::
Tellina
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
having
thin,
delicate,
and often
handsomely
colored
shells..
Trigonia
::
Trigonia
(n.) A genus of
pearly
bivalve
shells,
numerous
extinct
species
of which are
characteristic
of the
Mesozoic
rocks.
A few
living
species
exist on the coast of
Australia..
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