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Univalve vs Univalved - What's the difference?

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Univalve is a synonym of univalved.


As adjectives the difference between univalve and univalved

is that univalve is having one valve, typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails while univalved is having one valve.

As a noun univalve

is a univalve mollusk or its shell.

univalve

English

(wikipedia univalve)

Adjective

(-)
  • having one valve, typically used to refer to mollusks, notably slugs and snails.
  • consisting of a single valve or piece, used to refer to a shell.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A univalve mollusk or its shell.

    • Usage notes

    The term univalve is now considered outdated in scientific classification, and the term gastropod is preferred.

    Synonyms

    * gastropod

    Coordinate terms

    * bivalve

    Related terms

    * bivalve

    References

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    univalved

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Having one valve.
    • a univalved shell

    Synonyms

    * univalve