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Meaning
noun marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
adjective used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English valve English bivalve From bi- (“two”) + valve.
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