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Definition of bivalve
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Bivalve
(a.)
Having
two
shells
or
valves
which open and shut, as the
oyster
and
certain
seed
vessels..
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Mytilus
::
Mytilus
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalve
shells,
including
the
common
mussel.
See
Illust.
under
Byssus..
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..
Escutcheon
::
Escutcheon
(n.) The
depression
behind
the beak of
certain
bivalves;
the
ligamental
area.
Venus
::
Venus (n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus Venus or
family
Veneridae.
Many of these
shells
are
large,
and
ornamented
with
beautiful
frills;
others
are
smooth,
glossy,
and
handsomely
colored.
Some of the
larger
species,
as the round clam, or
quahog,
are
valued
for
food..
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..
Ostracea
::
Ostracea
(n. pl.) A
division
of
bivalve
mollusks
including
the
oysters
and
allied
shells.
Tubivalve
::
Tubivalve
(n.) A shell or tube
formed
by an
annelid,
as a
serpula..
Anodon
::
Anodon
(n.) A genus of
fresh-water
bivalves,
having
no teeth at the
hinge..
Bivalved
::
Bivalved
(a.)
Having
two
valves,
as the
oyster
and some seed pods;
bivalve..
Bivalve
::
Bivalve
(n.) 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..
Borer
::
Borer (n.) A
marine,
bivalve
mollusk,
of the genus
Teredo
and
allies,
which
burrows
in wood. See
Teredo..
Beard
::
Beard (n.) The gills of some
bivalves,
as the
oyster..
Brachiopoda
::
Brachiopoda
(n.) A class of
Molluscoidea
having
a
symmetrical
bivalve
shell,
often
attached
by a
fleshy
peduncle..
Astarte
::
Astarte
(n.) A genus of
bivalve
mollusks,
common
on the
coasts
of
America
and
Europe..
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..
Bimuscular
::
Bimuscular
(a.)
Having
two
adductor
muscles,
as a
bivalve
mollusk..
Pandora
::
Pandora
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalves,
in which one valve is flat, the other
convex..
Dreissena
::
Dreissena
(n.) A genus of
bivalve
shells
of which one
species
(D.
polymorpha)
is often so
abundant
as to be very
troublesome
in the fresh
waters
of
Europe.
Ostracoidea
::
Ostracoidea
(n. pl.) An order of
Entomostraca
possessing
hard
bivalve
shells.
They are of small size, and swim
freely
about..
Summitless
::
Summit
(n.) The most
elevated
part of a
bivalve
shell,
or the part in which the hinge is
situated..
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