bivalve

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsbivalved

   Antonymsunivalve

   Similarlamellibranch

   zoology

Other forms of bivalve

plural

bivalves·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bivalve

What does bivalve mean?

bivalve means "marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bivalve?

bivalve has 2 syllables: bi-valve. The stress falls on "bi". In IPA it is /ˈbaɪˌvælv/.

What is another word for bivalve?

Close synonyms include pelecypod, lamellibranch, bivalved. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of bivalve?

The recorded antonyms are univalve.

Is bivalve a common word?

bivalve is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bivalve?

1 word rhymes with bivalve. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.