bivalve

English Thesaurus

1. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mollusc, mollusk, shellfish,
definition	:	invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	clam,
definition	:	burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	cockle,
definition	:	common edible, burrowing European bivalve mollusk that has a strong, rounded shell with radiating ribs (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	oyster,
definition	:	marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	ark shell,
definition	:	marine bivalve mollusk having a heavy toothed shell with a deep boat-like inner surface (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	blood clam,
definition	:	red-blooded clam (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	mussel,
definition	:	marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	escallop, scallop, scollop,
definition	:	edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	piddock,
definition	:	marine bivalve that bores into rock or clay or wood by means of saw-like shells (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	bivalvia, class bivalvia, class lamellibranchia, class pelecypoda, lamellibranchia,
definition	:	oysters; clams; scallops; mussels (noun.animal)

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

similar	:	lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous,
definition	:	bivalve (adj.all)

domain category	:	zoological science, zoology,
definition	:	the branch of biology that studies animals (noun.cognition)

3. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)

derivation	:	bivalve, bivalved,
definition	:	used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) (adj.all)

derivation	:	lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous,
definition	:	bivalve (adj.all)

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

antonym	:	univalve,
definition	:	used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. (adj.all)

derivation	:	bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod,
definition	:	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)

5. marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)

derivation	:	bivalve, bivalved,
definition	:	used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) (adj.all)

derivation	:	lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous,
definition	:	bivalve (adj.all)

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

antonym	:	univalve,
definition	:	used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. (adj.all)

derivation	:	bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypod,
definition	:	marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together (noun.animal)