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bivalve (iou)



bivalve adjective & noun. M17.
[from BI- + VALVE noun.]
A. adjective.
Chiefly Zoology. Having two folding parts; spec. (of a mollusc) having a shell of two parts hinged together by a ligament. M17.
Botany. Of a seed capsule: having two valves. M18.
b. noun. Zoology. A member of the class Bivalvia; a bivalve mollusc. L17.