bivalve - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together

Synonyms

• bivalve
• lamellibranch
• pelecypod

More generic

• mollusc
• mollusk
• shellfish

More specific

• ark shell
• blood clam
• clam
• cockle
• escallop
• mussel
• oyster
• piddock
• scallop
• scollop

Related

• Bivalvia
• Lamellibranchia
• class Bivalvia
• class Lamellibranchia
• class Pelecypoda

Adjective

used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

Synonyms

• bivalve
• bivalved

Related

• lamellibranch
• pelecypod
• pelecypodous

Opposite / Antonyms

• univalve

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