bivalve
bivalve
Definition
bi·valve (bī′valv′)
noun
any of a class (Bivalvia) of mollusks, including mussels and clams, having a shell consisting of two valves hinged together
adjective
having a shell of two valves hinged together
bivalve
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- include: Fossil sea shells can be found in the rocks, including bivalves related to modern oysters.
Adjective modifier
- fossil: Fossil bivalves ( like today's sea-shells ) are also commonly found.
- marine: Concentrations of lead, zinc, cadmium and other heavy metals in lichens and marine bivalves are measured.
- other: Almost all of the other bivalves are deposit feeders.
- common: The Common Mussel is the most common bivalve in Cornwall forming extensive beds on exposed rocky beaches.
- large: Opening large bivalves ( shells ) requires considerable force, and the Oystercatcher is well-adapted for this purpose.
- non-marine: It includes outcrops of numerous coal seams, and several mudstone horizons yielding non-marine bivalves.
Modifies a noun
- mollusk: These bivalve mollusks are similar in dimensions to the edible mussel.
- shellfish: Interest has been expressed in recent years over the potential to dredge for other bivalve shellfish found locally for which European markets exist.
- shell: Where did the calcite come from to make the bivalve shell?
- prey: This comparison allows a demonstration of the effect of walrus predation on the size structure of bivalve prey species.
- specie: This comparison allows a demonstration of the effect of walrus predation on the size structure of bivalve prey species.
- fishery: Lectures focus on crustacean and bivalve fisheries, aquaculture, artificial reefs and fisheries data analysis and management.
Noun used with modifier
- freshwater: The ecology of freshwater bivalve mollusks in the Allen Water University of Stirling, 1981.
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