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bivalve

[bahy-valv] / ˈbaɪˌvælv /
NOUN
cockle
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Looking to nature for inspiration, the McGill-led research zeroed in on the marine mussel byssus, a fibrous holdfast, which these bivalve mollusks use to anchor themselves in seashore habitats.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

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

You say bivalve and deep water coral reefs grow over the rigs' legs, yet reefs are otherwise hard to come by in the Northern Gulf.

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2023

Like the whelk, he loves the bivalve mollusk, but does not bore for it.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey




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