bivalve

Example Sentences

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He often spends days cataloging the grimy bivalves, fish and occasional car parts pulled from the muck during the ongoing cleanup of Brooklyn’s Gowanus Canal.

From New York Times

My husband describes a youth inflected with bivalves.

From Washington Post

“All these achievements, plus this latest resumption of trade in bivalve mollusks, help to create sustainable economic growth and jobs for our workers.”

From Seattle Times

Every year at the beginning of oyster season, he would use the same lede: "Behold the succulent bivalve."

From Salon

And toxicity levels in bivalves can vary wildly, even between shellfish harvested a few feet apart on the same beach.

From Scientific American