As nouns the difference between bivalve and vesicomyid

is that bivalve is any mollusc belonging to the taxonomic class bivalvia, characterized by a shell consisting of two hinged sections, such as a scallop, clam, mussel or oyster while vesicomyid is (biology) any bivalve of the family (taxlink) .

As an adjective vesicomyid is

characteristic of these creatures.

As an adjective benthic

is pertaining to the benthos; living on the seafloor, as opposed to floating in the ocean.

As a noun vestimentiferan is

(biology) any benthic marine tube worm of the phylum (taxlink) .

As a verb marine

is .

As a noun vestimentiferan is

(biology) any benthic marine tube worm of the phylum (taxlink) .

As an adjective weedy

is small and weak; scraggy; ungainly.

As a noun weediness is

the quality of being weedy.

As nouns the difference between hemicellulose and xyloglucan

is that hemicellulose is a mixture of several plant polysaccharides, of smaller molecular weight than cellulose, that are soluble in dilute alkali; they are involved in the manufacture of paper, and are used in the production of furfural and ethanol while xyloglucan is the main hemicellulose in the primary cell wall of dicotyledonous plants.

As an adjective dicotyledonous

is of or pertaining to the dicotyledons.

As a noun xyloglucan is

(biochemistry) the main hemicellulose in the primary cell wall of dicotyledonous plants.

As nouns the difference between plant and xyloglucan

is that plant is an organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree while xyloglucan is (biochemistry) the main hemicellulose in the primary cell wall of dicotyledonous plants.

As a verb plant

is to place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.

Virustatic is an alternative form of virostatic.

As an adjective virostatic is

(medicine) tending to inhibit viral replication.

As a noun virostatic is

(medicine) a drug which inhibits viral replication.

As nouns the difference between replication and virostatic

is that replication is replication, duplication while virostatic is (medicine) a drug which inhibits viral replication.

As an adjective virostatic is

(medicine) tending to inhibit viral replication.

As an adjective chemolithoautotrophic

is chemoautotrophic.

As a noun trophosome is

(biology) the group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.