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2024
Bivalvia
Bivalvia
Translingual
Proper noun
Bivalvia
A taxonomic
class
within the
phylum
Mollusca
– the
bivalve
mollusc
s.
Hypernyms
(
class
)
:
Animalia
- kingdom;
Mollusca
- phylum
Hyponyms
(
class
)
:
Anomalodesmata
,
Heterodonta
,
Paleoheterodonta
,
Protobranchia
,
Pteriomorphia
- subclasses
Translations
taxonomic class
German:
Muschel
(de)
f
Turkish:
midye
(tr)
Etymology
New Latin
bi-
+
Latin
valva
(
“
leaf of a door
”
)
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