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单词 inequivalve
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Definition of inequivalve in English:

inequivalve

adjective ɪnˈiːkwɪvalvinˈēkwəˌvalv
Zoology
  • (of a bivalve shell) having valves of different sizes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Some forms have unequally-sized valves, and are called inequivalve. Chama and the unrelated Cleidothaerus are strongly inequivalve.
    • The shell is strongly inequivalve, the ventral valve being convex and the dorsal one only slightly arched, except for the fold, resulting in an almost opercular aspect.
    • Reticulochlamys zinsmeisteri is easily distinguished from R. borjasensis n. sp., mainly because R. borjasensis has strongly inequivalve shells, with prominent plicae sculptured with scaly riblets.
    • The shell is slightly prosocline, very weakly inflated, and strongly inequivalve, with concave left valve and weakly convex right one.
    • Most scallops have slightly inequivalve shells.
 
 

Definition of inequivalve in US English:

inequivalve

adjectiveinˈēkwəˌvalv
Zoology
  • (of a bivalve shell) having valves of different sizes.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The shell is strongly inequivalve, the ventral valve being convex and the dorsal one only slightly arched, except for the fold, resulting in an almost opercular aspect.
    • Reticulochlamys zinsmeisteri is easily distinguished from R. borjasensis n. sp., mainly because R. borjasensis has strongly inequivalve shells, with prominent plicae sculptured with scaly riblets.
    • Some forms have unequally-sized valves, and are called inequivalve. Chama and the unrelated Cleidothaerus are strongly inequivalve.
    • Most scallops have slightly inequivalve shells.
    • The shell is slightly prosocline, very weakly inflated, and strongly inequivalve, with concave left valve and weakly convex right one.
 
 
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