Bivalved

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bi·valve (b

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A mollusk, such as an oyster or a clam, that has a shell consisting of two hinged valves.

adj.

1. Having a shell consisting of two hinged valves.

2. Consisting of two similar separable parts.

bivalved adj.

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Adj.

bivalved - used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

bivalve

zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals

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bivalve lamellibranch pelecypod pelecypodous univalve zoological science zoology			Some paleontologists have suggested that scaphopods may have evolved from a rostroconch ancestor, but others argue for a closer relationship between bivalved mollusks--clams and their kin--and Rostroconchia. Head down in the Paleozoic sea; this may be how one clam-like mollusc ... by Rudkin, Dave / ROM Magazine Ostracods (small bivalved crustaceans) are environmentally sensitive organisms which are readily preserved as fossils because of their calcitic shells. Ostracod assemblages indicating a low water level episode of Lake ... by Niinemets, Eve; Hang, Tiit / Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences The larvae of bivalved shellfish are nearly impossible to identify, even for an expert. Where do they roam before they grow up to be scallops? A graduate ... by Mingione, Christine / Oceanus			bitty bitumastic Bitume Bitumed bitumen Bitumen process bitumenoid Bituminate Bituminiferous bituminise Bituminization bituminize bituminoid bituminous bituminous coal Bituminous limestone Bituminous shale Bituminous slate Bitzer Biu-Mandara Biuret bivalence Bivalency bivalent bivalve Bivalved Bivalvia Bivalvous Bivalvular bivariate Bivaulted Bivector Biventral Bivial Bivious Bivium bivouac bivouacking bivvy Biwa biweekly Biwreye biyearly Biysk biz Bizantine bizarre bizarrely bizarreness bizarrerie bize			bivalate bivalence bivalence bivalence bivalency bivalency bivalency bivalent bivalent bivalent bivalent antibody bivalent antibody bivalent chromosome bivalent chromosome bivalent chromosome Bivalent CR Influenza A bivalents bivalents bivalents Bivalirudin bivallate Bivalva Bivalva bivalve bivalve bivalve Bivalve molluscs Bivalve molluscs Bivalve Mollusks bivalve speculum Bivalved bivalved cast Bivalves Bivalves Bivalves Bivalvia Bivalvia Bivalvia Bivalvous Bivalvular bivane BIVAR Bivariant Function Generator bivariate bivariate analysis bivariate analysis bivariate analysis bivariate analysis bivariate analysis Bivariate distribution Bivariate Failure Modeling Bivariate Generalized Poisson Distribution Bivariate Least Median of Squares bivariate statistic Bivaulted BIVB BIVC BIVDA Bivector biventer biventral

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