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Definitions: Bivalve |
BivalveAdjective1. (zoology) used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.). Noun1. Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bivalve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1843. (references) |
Synonyms: BivalveSynonyms: bivalved (adj), lamellibranch (n), pelecypod (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: univalve (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Duplication | Adjective: double; doubled; Verb: bicipital, bicephalous, bidental, bilabiate, bivalve, bivalvular, bifold, biform, bilateral; bifarious, bifacial; twofold, two-sided; disomatous; duplex; double-faced, double-headed; twin, duplicate, ingeminate; second. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Bivalve |
| Specialty definitions using "bivalve": bivalve mollusc ♦ Close as a Clam ♦ expedition center ♦ Mother of Pearl. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Bivalve" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (bivalve), Italian (bivalve), Portuguese (bivalve). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Pile of oyster shells. Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Street, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Bivalve, New Jersey. Barber shop.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | United States customs house, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Seafood restaurant, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Post office, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Oyster fishing boats, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Shucking oysters, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Shucking oysters, Bivalve, New Jersey.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| "Bivalve" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bivalve" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 19 | 80,337 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
1. Bivalve, MD |
Expression using "bivalve": bivalve mollusc. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bivalve | 44 |
bivalve mollusk | 34 |
bivalve thd | 6 |
bivalve photo | 5 |
bivalve md | 3 |
bivalve marine | 3 |
bivalve mollusks | 3 |
bivalve fan fluted marine shaped tail | 3 |
bivalve picture | 2 |
anatomy bivalve | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bivalve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ذو صمامين. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | с две черупки, мида (clam, mussel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牡蛎 (Oyster). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | škeble (clam). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udklaekning i yngledam af toskallede bloeddyr (nursery rearing of bivalve molluscs), toskallet bloeddyr (bivalve shellfish), toskallet bløddyr (bivalve mollusc). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tweekleppig weekdier (bivalve mollusc), tweekleppig schelpdier (bivalve shellfish), opkweken van plaatkieuwigen,opkweken van broed (nursery rearing of bivalve molluscs), opkweken van mosselachtigen (nursery rearing of bivalve molluscs). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | صدف دوکپه , دوپره ای , دولته , دارای دوکپه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | simpukka (bivalve mollusc, clam, mussel, scallop). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | bivalve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | zweischalige muschel, zweischalig, muschel (bivalve mollusc, clam, earpiece, mouthpiece, mussel, Pinna, seashell, shell, shellfish). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δίλοβο όστρακο, δίλοβο φυτό. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kéthéjú (bivalved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | bivalve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 二枚貝 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | にまいがい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | daa-vleaystagh, daa-fioosagh, daa-chooylleydagh (bivalvular). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivalvebay bivalve. (various references) bivalv (bivalvous). (various references) двустворчатый. (various references) bivalvularan, mekušac s' dva kapka. (various references) bivalvo (made up of spermatophyta, which perform their chlorophyllian function above the water's surface, zone of emergent plants). (various references) tvåskalig mussla. (various references) สัตว์ที่มีเปลือกสองส่วนแยกจากกันไ"้. (various references) çift kabuklu yumuşakça. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Naiadoida. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bivalve": bivalved, bivalves. (additional references) | |
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"Bivalve" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bazalgee, Bevanlee, biave, bivalved, Bivalvia. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-l-v-v" | |
-1 letter: viable. | |
-2 letters: alive, valve. | |
-3 letters: able, bail, bale, bile, blae, evil, ilea, lave, leva, live, vail, vale, veal, veil, vela, vial, vibe, vile, viva, vive. | |
-4 letters: ail, alb, ale, ave, bal, bel, lab, lav, lea, lei, lev, lib, lie, vav, via, vie. | |
-5 letters: ab, ae, ai, al, ba, be, bi, el, la, li. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-l-v-v" | |
+1 letter: bivalved, bivalves. | |
+2 letters: revivable. | |
+3 letters: survivable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 76 61 6C 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. ...- .- .-.. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01110110 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i v a l v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 0076 0061 006C 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36758867788871 |
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