bivalve

Meaning of bivalve

noun
  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. A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

Information about bivalve

Hyphenation of bivalve

bi-valve

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • bivalve is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bivalve synonyms

Meaning bivalved:

bivalved

Meaning pelecypod:

pelecypod, lamellibranch

Words that rhyme with bivalve

Calve, calve, bihalve, halve, Consalve, Gonsalve, eyesalve, lipsalve, salve, autovalve, blowvalve, epivalve, equivalve, hypovalve, inequivalve, multivalve, nonvalve, plurivalve, quadrivalve, quinquevalve, spirivalve, subequivalve, trivalve, undervalve, unequivalve, univalve, valve

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