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UNIVALVE

\jˈuːnɪvˌalv], \jˈuːnɪvˌalv], \j_ˈuː_n_ɪ_v_ˌa_l_v]\

Definitions of UNIVALVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
Alt. of Univalved

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs.
Alt. of Univalved

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Having one valve or shell only.
A shell of one valve only: a mollusc whose shell is composed of a single piece.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

A univalve shell.
Having one valve only, as a shell.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

A shell consisting of one piece or valve, as a gastropod shell.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

n. A mollusc whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snail.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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