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bivalvous

bivalvous adjective: having two valves; bivalvular.

Adjective

bivalvous (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Having two valves; bivalvular.

Origin of bivalvous

From bi- + valve + -ous.

Questions about bivalvous

What does bivalvous mean?
Bivalvous means having two valves; bivalvular.
What part of speech is bivalvous?
Bivalvous is an adjective.

Words near bivalvous in the dictionary

  1. bivalve
  2. bivalved
  3. bivalvegan
  4. bivalves
  5. bivalvian
  6. bivalvous
  7. bivalvular
  8. bivane
  9. bivanes
  10. bivariable
  11. bivariables

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