Univalve

Definition: Univalve

Univalve

Adjective

1. (zoology) used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.

Noun

1. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes.

Date "univalve" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Synonym: Univalve

Synonym: gastropod (n). (additional references)

Antonym: bivalve (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Univalve

English words defined with "univalve": Boat shell, Buccinoid, Buccinum, Button shell ♦ Cameo conch, Carrier shell, Columbella, Columella, Concho-spiral, Cymbium ♦ Decollated, Dog whelk, Dolium ♦ Fig-shell ♦ Goroon shell ♦ Harpa, Hedgehog shell, Helicoid, Helmet shell, hermit crab, Holostomatous ♦ King conch ♦ Labrum ♦ Marginella, Mason shell, Megastome, Miter shell ♦ order Pectinibranchia ♦ Partridge shell, Pectinibranchia, Peritreme, Pheasant shell ♦ Sea trumpet, single-shelled, Snail borer, Stromb ♦ Trochus, Trumpet shell, Tulip-shell ♦ Univalved, Univalvular ♦ Warty egg, Weavers' shuttle. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Univalve" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

French (univalve), Portuguese (single-winged, univalve).

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Univalve

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day
thd univalve	9
univalve	8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Univalve

Language		Translations for "univalve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		njëflegërsh. (various references)

Bulgarian		с една черупка. (various references)

Farsi		یک کپه ای , یک دریچه ای , دارای صدف یک پارچه . (various references)

French		univalve. (various references)

Greek		έχων μία μόνον βαλβίδα. (various references)

Hungarian		egyhéjú. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		単弁 , 一枚貝 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		た�"べ�", いちまいがい. (various references)

Pig Latin		ivalveunay

Portuguese		univalve (single-winged), molusco univalve. (various references)

Romanian		univalv. (various references)

Russian		одностворчатый (single-winged). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		s jednom ljušturom. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Univalve

Derivations
	Words beginning with "univalve": univalves. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Univalve

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-u-v-v"
	-2 letters: alevin, alvine, eluvia, unlive, unveil, valine, veinal, venial, vineal, vulvae.
	-3 letters: alien, aline, alive, anile, anvil, elain, levin, liane, liven, naevi, naive, navel, nival, ulnae, uveal, value, valve, venal, vinal, vulva.
	-4 letters: anil, elan, evil, ilea, lain, lane, lave, lean, leva, lien, lieu, line, live, luna, lune, nail, nave, nevi, ulan, ulna, ulva.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-u-v-v"
	+1 letter: univalves.
	+3 letters: inequivalve, overvaluing.
	+4 letters: inequivalved, vaudevillian.
	+5 letters: nonevaluative, overvaluation, vaudevillians.
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