bivalve | (noun) marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together | Synonyms: lamellibranch, pelecypod |
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salve | (noun) anything that remedies or heals or soothes | - |
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(noun) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation | Synonyms: balm, ointment, unction, unguent |
univalve | (noun) a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes | Synonyms: gastropod |
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valve | (noun) one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods | - |
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(noun) the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs | - |
(noun) control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid | - |
(noun) device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone | - |
(noun) a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it | - |