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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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Astarte
::
Astarte
(n.) A genus of
bivalve
mollusks,
common
on the
coasts
of
America
and
Europe..
Nucula
::
Nucula
(n.) A genus of small
marine
bivalve
shells,
having
a
pearly
interior..
Scallop
::
Scallop
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pecten
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Pectinidae.
The shell is
usually
radially
ribbed,
and the edge is
therefore
often
undulated
in a
characteristic
manner.
The large
adductor
muscle
of some the
species
is much used as food. One
species
(Vola
Jacobaeus)
occurs
on the coast of
Palestine,
and its shell was
formerly
worn by
pilgrims
as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land.
Called
also fan
shell.
See
Pecten,
2..
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..
Pholas
::
Pholas
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pholas,
or
family
Pholadidae.
They bore holes for
themselves
in clay, peat, and soft
rocks..
Malacobdella
::
Malacobdella
(n.) A genus of
nemertean
worms,
parasitic
in the gill
cavity
of clams and other
bivalves.
They have a large
posterior
sucker,
like that of a
leech.
See
Illust.
of
Bdellomorpha..
Lamellibranchiata
::
Lamellibranchiata
(n. pl.) A class of
Mollusca
including
all those that have
bivalve
shells,
as the
clams,
oysters,
mussels,
etc..
Subumbrella
::
Subumbonal
(a.)
Beneath
or
forward
of the umbos of a
bivalve
shell.
Conchoidal
::
Conchoidal
(a.)
Having
elevations
or
depressions
in form like one half of a
bivalve
shell;
--
applied
principally
to a
surface
produced
by
fracture.
Saxicava
::
Saxicava
(n.) Any
species
of
marine
bivalve
shells
of the genus
Saxicava.
Some of the
species
are noted for their power of
boring
holes in
limestone
and
similar
rocks.
Cyphonautes
::
Cyphonautes
(n.) The
free-swimming,
bivalve
larva of
certain
Bryozoa..
Mya
::
Mya (n.) A genus of
bivalve
mollusks,
including
the
common
long, or
soft-shelled,
clam..
Cockle
::
Cockle
(n.) A
bivalve
mollusk,
with
radiating
ribs, of the genus
Cardium,
especially
C.
edule,
used in
Europe
for food; --
sometimes
applied
to
similar
shells
of other
genera..
Typhlosole
::
Typhlosole
(n.) A fold of the wall which
projects
into the
cavity
of the
intestine
in
bivalve
mollusks,
certain
annelids,
starfishes,
and some other
animals..
Rudistes
::
Rudistes
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order or
suborder
of
bivalve
mollusks
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period;
--
called
also
Rudista.
See
Illust.
under
Hippurite.
Trough-shell
::
Trough-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
shell of the genus
Mactra.
See
Mactra.
Tube-shell
::
Tube-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
which
secretes
a
shelly
tube
around
its
siphon,
as the
watering-shell..
Cypris
::
Cypris
(n.) A genus of
small,
bivalve,
fresh-water
Crustacea,
belonging
to the
Ostracoda;
also, a
member
of this
genus..
Plate-gilled
::
Plate-gilled
(a.)
Having
flat, or
leaflike,
gills,
as the
bivalve
mollusks..
Skimmer
::
Skimmer
(n.) Any one of
several
large
bivalve
shells,
sometimes
used for
skimming
milk, as the sea
clams,
and large
scallops..
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