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bivalve Noun a sea creature, such as an oyster or mussel, that has a shell consisting of two hinged valves and breathes through gills Adjective of these molluscs
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Captain Nemo was evidently acquainted with the existence of this bivalve, and seemed to have a particular motive in verifying the actual state of this tridacne. But did you ever notice any one try to open the terrestrial bivalve with a typewriter? He had found an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus, and, more than this, he had hunted down and secured, with Jupiter's assistance, a scarabæus which he believed to be totally new, but in respect to which he wished to have my opinion on the morrow. |
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