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bivalve

[bahy-valv] / ˈbaɪˌvælv /
NOUN
cockle
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He put the wee bivalve in a petri dish and asked a colleague to set it aside.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2024

New bivalve species and sideswimmer have been found to live communally with the greenish Bonellia spoonworm.

From Science Daily Oct. 18, 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

Without a distinct head; Ð a term applied to bivalve mollusks.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah




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