Meaning of UNIVALVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'yoonu`valv
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- [n] a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
- [adj] (zoology) used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.
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| | Synonyms: | | gastropod, single-shelled |
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| | Antonyms: | | bivalve, bivalved | | |
| | See Also: | | abalone, Ancylus fluviatilis, aplacophoran, Aplysia punctata, bubble shell, class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, conch, cowrie, cowry, ear-shell, freshwater limpet, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda, mollusc, mollusk, nudibranch, physa, river limpet, sea hare, sea slug, seasnail, shellfish, slug, snail, solenogaster | |
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\U"ni*valve\, n. [Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell
is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
Note: 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.
\U"ni*valve\, Univalved \U"ni*valved\, a. [Cf. F.
univalve.] (Bot. & Zo["o]l.)
Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp.
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