Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bivalve

1 sense of bivalve

Sense 1
bivalve, pelecypod, lamellibranch -- (marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together)
       => mollusk, mollusc, shellfish -- (invertebrate having a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a shell)

Antonyms of adj bivalve

1 sense of bivalve

Sense 1
bivalve (vs. univalve), bivalved -- (used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.))

univalve (vs. bivalve) -- (used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.)
        => single-shelled -- (univalve)

Similarity of adj bivalve

1 sense of bivalve

Sense 1
bivalve (vs. univalve), bivalved -- (used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.))
       => lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous -- (bivalve)