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bivalve

[bahy-valv] / ˈbaɪˌvælv /
NOUN
cockle
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This marks only the second bivalve species ever documented entirely through non-invasive micro-CT scanning.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025

He put the wee bivalve in a petri dish and asked a colleague to set it aside.

From New York Times ● Feb. 6, 2024

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

A glandular organ of bivalve mollusca, serving in part as a kidney.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster


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