bivalve

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

bi- (“two”) +‎ valve

Noun

bivalve (plural bivalves)

1. Any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class Bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster.

Coordinate terms

• univalve

Related terms

• univalve

Translations

Any mollusc of taxonomic class Bivalvia

• Bulgarian: двучерупков
• Finnish: simpukka (fi)
• French: bivalve (fr) m
• Japanese: 二枚貝 (ja) (にまいがい, nimaigai)
• Malay: dwicangkerang (ms)

• Navajo: chʼosh bitsʼaʼígíí
• Russian: двустворчатый (ru) (dvustvórčatyj) m
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-mhogallach (gd) m
• Spanish: bivalvo (es) m

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Italian

Noun

bivalve m (plural bivalvi)

1. bivalve