univalve

u·ni·valve  (yn-vlv)

adj.

1. Having a shell consisting of a single valve or piece. Used of a mollusk.

2. Composed of a single valve or piece. Used of a shell.

n.

A univalve mollusk or shell.

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univalve [ˈjuːnɪˌvælv] Zoology

adj

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) relating to, designating, or possessing a mollusc shell that consists of a single piece (valve)

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a gastropod mollusc or its shell

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univalve  (yn-vlv)

A gastropod, especially one with a single shell, such as a snail, cone, whelk, abalone, or limpet. Univalves belong to the subclass Prosobranchia. Their shells are usually spiral and can hold the whole animal inside. Compare bivalve.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	univalve - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes gastropod mollusc, mollusk, shellfish - invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda - snails and slugs and their relatives abalone, ear-shell - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior conch - any of various edible tropical marine gastropods of the genus Strombus having a brightly-colored spiral shell with large outer lip snail - freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell slug - any of various terrestrial gastropods having an elongated slimy body and no external shell seasnail - any of several creeping marine gastropods with a spirally coiled shell: whelks; tritons; moon shells; neritids Ancylus fluviatilis, freshwater limpet, river limpet - minute conical gastropod superficially resembling a limpet but living and feeding on freshwater plants nudibranch, sea slug - any of various marine gastropods of the suborder Nudibranchia having a shell-less and often beautifully colored body Aplysia punctata, sea hare - naked marine gastropod having a soft body with reduced internal shell and two pairs of ear-like tentacles bubble shell - marine gastropod mollusk having a very small thin shell physa - any member of the genus Physa cowrie, cowry - any of numerous tropical marine gastropods of the genus Cypraea having highly polished usually brightly marked shells aplacophoran, solenogaster - deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle
Adj.	1.	univalve - used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals bivalve, bivalved - used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

Translations

univalve [ˈjuːnɪvælv]

A. ADJ → univalvo

B. N → molusco m univalvo

univalve

n → Gastropod m

adj → einschalig