Definition of univalve in English:
univalve
adjective ˈjuːnɪvalvˈjunəˌvælv
Zoology Having one valve or shell.
Example sentencesExamples
- Vetustovermis bears a number of morphological features that are found in Kimberella, which has been interpreted to have a non-mineralized but stiff univalve shell.
- In the earliest Cambrian, one lineage developed a bivalved mineralized shell (Fordilla and its relatives), the other an endogastric univalve shell (the Helcionellids).
noun ˈjuːnɪvalvˈjunəˌvælv
Zoology another term for gastropod
Example sentencesExamples
- This univalve bonds tightly to the shell and rarely moves; over time, the crab ends up with a stack of many generations of slipper shells.
- Now explain how a univalve differs from a bivalve, in more ways than just the number of shells.
- But who speaks out for the univalve and the bivalve?
- Thus, all rostroconches and some helcionellacean univalves technically become stem group bivalves.
Definition of univalve in US English:
univalve
adjectiveˈjunəˌvælvˈyo͞onəˌvalv
Zoology Having one valve or shell.
Example sentencesExamples
- In the earliest Cambrian, one lineage developed a bivalved mineralized shell (Fordilla and its relatives), the other an endogastric univalve shell (the Helcionellids).
- Vetustovermis bears a number of morphological features that are found in Kimberella, which has been interpreted to have a non-mineralized but stiff univalve shell.
nounˈjunəˌvælvˈyo͞onəˌvalv
Zoology another term for gastropod
Example sentencesExamples
- This univalve bonds tightly to the shell and rarely moves; over time, the crab ends up with a stack of many generations of slipper shells.
- Now explain how a univalve differs from a bivalve, in more ways than just the number of shells.
- But who speaks out for the univalve and the bivalve?
- Thus, all rostroconches and some helcionellacean univalves technically become stem group bivalves.