Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
univalve .
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- adjective Having one
valve .
Etymologies
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uni- + valved
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Examples
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Of the rest, some are bivalved and some univalved; and by ‘bivalves’ I mean such as are enclosed within two shells, and by
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‘univalved’ such as are enclosed within a single shell, and in these last the fleshy part is exposed, as in the case of the limpet.
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