bivalve
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Among the animals they discovered living off the carcasses were jellyfish, brittle stars, bone-boring worms and molluscs called bivalves.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
This would help them both bury themselves to avoid predators and sense the location of the bivalves upon which they prey.
From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025
Golden mussels, invasive freshwater bivalves that have devastated ecosystems and critical water infrastructure in other parts of the world, were recently discovered near the Port of Stockton.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2024
This interval, known as the Hettangian, was a time of continuing adverse conditions in the oceans, with generally low diversities among marine invertebrates, such as ammonites and bivalves.
From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024
Speed, he thought, was the secret behind the enigma of why men would torture themselves by placing these raw quivering bivalves on their tongues.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
Vocabulary lists containing bivalve
Marine Biology - Introductory
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