noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of bivalve.
2. 2
   marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   bivalve wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bivalvebivalvepelecypodpelecypodpelecypodous

Etymology

Clipping of taxonomic name Lamellibranchiata, former name of the class Bivalvia.

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