inequivalve
/in-ee-kwuh-valv/US // ɪnˈi kwəˌvælv //
不等价的,不对等的,不等价,不对等
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having the valves of the shell unequal in shape and size.
Examples
A fossil imperfectly described as differing from Pinna, in being inequivalve.
In the former, all the shells are inequivalve; in the latter equivalve.
A bivalve is said to be equivalve when the two shells composing it are of the same size, inequivalve when they are not.
Asymmetrical, inequivalve, fixed, with extensive pallial sutures; no siphons.
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