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- noun Plural form of
bivalve .
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Examples
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And, by the way, they cling to the rock, when they turn back their operculum, for this operculum seems like a lid; in fact this structure represents the one part, in the stromboids, of that which in the bivalves is a duplicate shell.
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Why should a dealer in "bivalves" be usually serious?
The Camp Jester, or, Amusement for the Mess. No Author 1864
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But it also bodes ill for other species, such as bivalves and sponges.
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“One of the real ‘good guys’ in this are the bivalves, the oysters and the mussels, which actually take up nutrients and actually remediate and improve the environment as one grows more of them.”
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Why, they were mollusks, of course; specifically, bivalves of the family Teredinidae that are commonly known as shipworms.
What were the first scientific journal and the first paper on mollusks ever published? AYDIN 2009
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Saying that, the bivalves I happened upon were so beautifully sweet that they called out for a spritz of lemon, which also cuts through the buttery richness of the River Café inspired sauce, keeping the whole thing spanking fresh.
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Filter feeding bivalves like oysters are not tolerant of highly sediment loads in the water.
John F. Bruno: Impacts of the Japanese Tsunami on Ocean Life John F. Bruno 2011
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“One of the real ‘good guys’ in this are the bivalves, the oysters and the mussels, which actually take up nutrients and actually remediate and improve the environment as one grows more of them.”
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Filter feeding bivalves like oysters are not tolerant of highly sediment loads in the water.
John F. Bruno: Impacts of the Japanese Tsunami on Ocean Life John F. Bruno 2011
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Why, they were mollusks, of course; specifically, bivalves of the family Teredinidae that are commonly known as shipworms.
Archive 2009-09-01 AYDIN 2009
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