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bivalve

[bahy-valv] / ˈbaɪˌvælv /
NOUN
cockle
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He put the wee bivalve in a petri dish and asked a colleague to set it aside.

From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2024

In full transparency, I am so in love with this species of marine bivalve mollusks — but it didn't start out that way.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

These long, white saltwater clams are the world's fastest-growing bivalve and can reach 30cm long in just six months.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2023

The shells belonged to an assortment of tiny seafloor creatures, including small clams; bivalve crustaceans called ostracods; cone-shaped animals known as hyoliths; and stylophorans, oddly shaped precursors to starfish.

From Scientific American • Sep. 28, 2023

A genus of bivalve shells, allied to the oyster, so called from their unequal valves, of which the lower is perforated for attachment.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah




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