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Intravalvular :: Intravalvular (a.) Between valves.

Auriculated :: Auriculated (a.) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared. Esp.: (a) (Bot.) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auricled. (b) (Zool.) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc..

Decollated :: Decollated (a.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells..

Escalop :: Escalop (n.) A bivalve shell of the genus Pecten. See Scallop.

Conchiform :: Conchiform (a.) Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..

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..

Bonnet :: Bonnet (n.) In pumps, a metal covering for the openings in the valve chambers..

Acephala :: Acephala (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca..

Valve :: Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Naiad :: Naiad (n.) Any species of a tribe (Naiades) of freshwater bivalves, including Unio, Anodonta, and numerous allied genera; a river mussel..

Myaria :: Myaria (n. pl.) A division of bivalve mollusks of which the common clam (Mya) is the type.

Link :: Link (n.) Any intermediate rod or piece for transmitting force or motion, especially a short connecting rod with a bearing at each end; specifically (Steam Engine), the slotted bar, or connecting piece, to the opposite ends of which the eccentric rods are jointed, and by means of which the movement of the valve is varied, in a link motion..

Ambitus :: Ambitus (n.) The exterior edge or border of a thing, as the border of a leaf, or the outline of a bivalve shell..

Bivalved :: Bivalved (a.) Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve..

Mactra :: Mactra (n.) Any marine bivalve shell of the genus Mactra, and allied genera. Many species are known. Some of them are used as food, as Mactra stultorum, of Europe. See Surf clam, under Surf..

Cockleshell :: Cockleshell (n.) One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

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.

Seat :: Seat (n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests; as, a valve seat..

Cyphonautes :: Cyphonautes (n.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa..

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