bivalve
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Bivalve farming also doesn’t compromise its habitat: In fact, the presence of shellfish like scallops, mussels and oysters actively improves it by filtering the water and increasing biodiversity.
From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2021
Soon, people will have difficulty trying to understand why a town in Maryland was named Bivalve.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2017
Last week the stalwart folk of Bivalve, N. J., were fully aware that the change of season was upon them.
From Time Magazine Archive
Thus last week the oystermen of Bivalve roundly cursed the fact that they have had little rain, that the brackish water needed for oysters was a little too salty, and hence inviting to starfish.
From Time Magazine Archive
Bivalve shells, originally carbonate of lime, are often replaced, and filled up by flint, and casts of sea urchins in solid flint are common, and often beautiful fossils.
From The Geological Story of the Isle of Wight by Hughes, J. Cecil
Vocabulary lists containing bivalve
Marine Biology - Introductory
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Marine Biology - Middle School
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Marine Biology - High School
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