Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having two valves. Also bivalvous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Having two valves.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

Etymologies

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bi- +‎ valved

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