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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. 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.