BIVALVES Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word bivalves. (close relations)
bivalve
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| clams | nounn | |||||
noun • informal terms for money | ||||||
| mollusks | nounn | |||||
noun • invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell | ||||||
| mussels | nounn | |||||
noun • black marine bivalves usually steamed in wine • marine or freshwater bivalve mollusk that lives attached to rocks etc. | ||||||
| oysters | nounn | |||||
noun • marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters • edible body of any of numerous oysters • a small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl verb • gather oysters, dig oysters | ||||||
| scallops | nounn | |||||
noun • one of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.) • edible muscle of mollusks having fan-shaped shells; served broiled or poached or in salads or cream sauces • thin slice of meat (especially veal) usually fried or broiled • edible marine bivalve having a fluted fan-shaped shell that swim by expelling water from the shell in a series of snapping motions verb • decorate an edge with scallops • bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top • form scallops in • fish for scallops • shape or cut in scallops | ||||||
| bivalved | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective • used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.) | ||||||
| lamellibranch | nounn | |||||
noun • marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together adjective satellite • bivalve | ||||||
| pelecypod | nounn | |||||
noun • marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together adjective satellite • bivalve | ||||||
