univalve

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Adjective 1.3 Noun 1.4 See also 1.5 References

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Originated 1655–65 from uni- + valve.

[edit] Adjective

univalve (not comparable)

1. having one valve, typically used to refer to mollusks.
2. consisting of a single valve or piece, used to refer to a shell.

[edit] Noun

univalve (plural univalves)

1. A univalve mollusk or its shell.

[edit] See also

• bivalve

[edit] References

• “univalve” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “univalve” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "univalve" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.