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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes;
[syn: gastropod, univalve]


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Univalve \U"ni*valve\, Univalved \U"ni*valved\, a. [Cf. F. univalve.] (Bot. & Zool.) Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Univalve \U"ni*valve\, n. [Uni- + valve: cf. F. univalve.] (Zool.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs. [1913 Webster] Note: Most univalves are spiral and are the shells of gastropods, but many belong to cephalopods and pteropods. A large number of univalves belonging to the gastropods are conical, cup-shaped, or shieldlike, as the limpets. [1913 Webster] Univalve
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

univalve adj 1: used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc. [ant: bivalve, bivalved] n 1: a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes [syn: gastropod, univalve]