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univalve

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

u=ni=valve

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun univalve has 1 sense

univalve(n = noun.animal) gastropod - a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes; Array

is a kind of mollusc, mollusk, shellfish

is a member of class gasteropoda, class gastropoda, gasteropoda, gastropoda

has particulars: abalone, ear-shell, conch, snail, slug, seasnail, ancylus fluviatilis, freshwater limpet, river limpet, nudibranch, sea slug, aplysia punctata, sea hare, bubble shell, physa, cowrie, cowry, aplacophoran, solenogaster

Adjective univalve has 1 sense

univalve(a = adj.all) Array - used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.; Array

Antonym:

bivalve

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CIDE DICTIONARY

univalve, n. [Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve.].

A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. [1913 Webster]

" Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as the limpets." [1913 Webster]

univalve, a. [Cf. F. univalve.].

Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

univalve, adj. & n. Zool.
--adj. having one valve.
--n. a univalve mollusc.

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