bivalve
noun
any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills.
bivalvular
-
a word derived from
bivalve.
Example Sentences
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I make it into the open air and walk west, past the murderous mannequins in the windows, past the bivalvular City Hall.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
"If they're the small black ones you generally treat on, I'd rather be excused," grumbled Mr. BLADAMS, involuntarily placing a hand upon his stomach, as though already paying the penalty of such bivalvular hospitality.
From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 16, July 16, 1870 by Various
Well, after thinking a day or two, This doughty sucker imagined he knew About the best thing he could possibly do, To secure the bivalvular hermit.
From The Universal Reciter 81 Choice Pieces of Rare Poetical Gems by Various
"Two birds are here killed with one stone," for there is pleasure in catching, and a double pleasure in eating, these bivalvular creatures of the brine.
From Three Years in the Federal Cavalry by Willard W. Glazier
Clam - The popular name of a bivalvular shell-fish, the Venus.
From The Breitmann Ballads by Charles Godfrey Leland
