bivalve

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

bi- (“two”) +‎ valve

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪvælv/

NounEdit

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.
2. (botany) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

Coordinate termsEdit

• univalve

Related termsEdit

• univalve

TranslationsEdit

Any mollusc of taxonomic class Bivalvia

• Bulgarian: двучерупков (dvučerupkov)
• Catalan: bivalve (ca) m
• Czech: mlž (cs) m
• Esperanto: duvalvulo
• Finnish: simpukka (fi)
• French: bivalve (fr) m
• Japanese: 二枚貝 (ja) (にまいがい, nimaigai)
• Malay: dwicangkerang
• Maori: angarua

• Navajo: chʼosh bitsʼaʼígíí
• Portuguese: bivalve (pt) m, bivalvo m
• Russian: двуство́рчатый (ru) m (dvustvórčatyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dà-mhogallach m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шко̀љка̄ш m

  Roman: škòljkāš (sh) m

• Spanish: bivalvo m
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /bi.valv/

NounEdit

bivalve m (plural bivalves)

1. bivalve

Further readingEdit

• “bivalve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

bivalve m (plural bivalvi)

1. bivalve

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PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• bivalvo

NounEdit

bivalve m (plural bivalves)

1. bivalve (any mollusc in the class Bivalvia)