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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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Mollusca
::
Mollusca
(n. pl.) One of the grand
divisions
of the
animal
kingdom,
including
the
classes
Cephalopoda,
Gastropoda,
PteropodaScaphopoda,
and
Lamellibranchiata,
or
Conchifera.
These
animals
have an
unsegmented
bilateral
body, with most of the
organs
and parts
paired,
but not
repeated
longitudinally.
Most of them
develop
a
mantle,
which
incloses
either
a
branchial
or a
pulmonary
cavity.
They are
generally
more or less
covered
and
protected
by a
calcareous
shell,
which may be
univalve,
bivalve,
or m
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..
Suprachoroid
::
Suprabranchial
(a.)
Situated
above the
branchiae;
--
applied
especially
to the upper
division
of the gill
cavity
of
bivalve
mollusks.
Beak
::
Beak (n.) The upper or
projecting
part of the
shell,
near the hinge of a
bivalve..
Hippurite
::
Hippurite
(n.) A
fossil
bivalve
mollusk
of the genus
Hippurites,
of many
species,
having
a
conical,
cup-shaped
under
valve,
with a
flattish
upper valve or lid.
Hippurites
are found only in the
Cretaceous
rocks..
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..
Bear''s-paw
::
Bear's-paw
(n.) A large
bivalve
shell of the East
Indies
(Hippopus
maculatus),
often used as an
ornament..
Pinna
::
Pinna (n.) Any
species
of
Pinna,
a genus of large
bivalve
mollusks
found in all warm seas. The
byssus
consists
of a large
number
of long, silky
fibers,
which have been used in
manufacturing
woven
fabrics,
as a
curiosity..
Trough-shell
::
Trough-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
shell of the genus
Mactra.
See
Mactra.
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..
Anodon
::
Anodon
(n.) A genus of
fresh-water
bivalves,
having
no teeth at the
hinge..
Integropallial
::
Integropallial
(a.)
Having
the
pallial
line
entire,
or
without
a
sinus,
as
certain
bivalve
shells..
Bivalved
::
Bivalved
(a.)
Having
two
valves,
as the
oyster
and some seed pods;
bivalve..
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..
Tube-shell
::
Tube-shell
(n.) Any
bivalve
mollusk
which
secretes
a
shelly
tube
around
its
siphon,
as the
watering-shell..
Pecten
::
Pecten
(n.) Any
species
of
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pecten,
and
numerous
allied
genera
(family
Pectinidae);
a
scallop.
See
Scallop..
Beard
::
Beard (n.) The gills of some
bivalves,
as the
oyster..
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..
Brachiopoda
::
Brachiopoda
(n.) A class of
Molluscoidea
having
a
symmetrical
bivalve
shell,
often
attached
by a
fleshy
peduncle..
Eye
::
Eye (n.) The scar to which the
adductor
muscle
is
attached
in
oysters
and other
bivalve
shells;
also, the
adductor
muscle
itself,
esp. when used as food, as in the
scallop..
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