What is another word for bivalved?

Pronunciation: [bˈɪvalvd] (IPA)

Bivalved is an adjective describing something that has two shells or parts. Some synonyms for bivalved include bilaterally symmetrical, dichotomous, bipartite, bifurcated, double-edged, dualistic, duplex, dyadic, and two-parted. In biology, bivalves are aquatic animals that have a soft body inside two hinged shells. They are also known as mollusks or clams. Bivalved objects can also refer to tools, such as scissors or pliers, that have two parts or arms that pivot at a common point. Bivalved can also describe a type of heart surgery, where the chest is opened and the heart is temporarily stopped to allow for repairs.

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What are the hypernyms for Bivalved?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for bivalved?

Bivalved refers to something that has two shells or parts, like a clam or a mollusk. The opposite of bivalved would be univalved, meaning something that has only one shell or part. Univalved organisms include snails, nautiluses, and some types of crustaceans. Another antonym for bivalved would be monovalved, which again indicates that there is only one shell or part. However, this term is less commonly used than univalved. Finally, multicellular could also be viewed as an antonym for bivalved, as it implies that an organism has multiple cells rather than a single shell or part.

What are the antonyms for Bivalved?

Usage examples for Bivalved

Fruit: Each floweret produces a woody seed-vessel, bivalved, ovate, glabrous, with a small seed ending in an oval wing; all these seed vessels joined form a small cone about 1' long.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The C. sophera, L., is characterized by 10 stamens, all fertile and a smooth, linear, bivalved pod full of seeds separated by false partitions.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
The Brachiopoda, or "lamp-shells," are a phylum of which comparatively few survive to the present day; their shells have a superficial likeness to those of the bivalved Mollusca, but are not homologous with the latter, and the phylum is really very distinct from the molluscs.
"Darwin and Modern Science"
A.C. Seward and Others

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