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bivalve

[bahy-valv] / ˈbaɪˌvælv /
NOUN
cockle
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A major highlight of the project is the detailed anatomical study of Myonera aleutiana, a carnivorous bivalve.

From Science Daily Nov. 2, 2025

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

Left almost entirely unsupervised by her distracted, glamorous parents, Meg makes the city her oyster, with all the grit and pungency that little bivalve implies.

From New York Times Nov. 25, 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

We can no longer argue that, for instance, the beautiful hinge of a bivalve shell must have been made by an intelligent being, like the hinge of a door by a man.

From Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement by Edward Clodd




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