bi-valve

[bahy-valv]

bi·valve

[bahy-valv]
noun
1.
Also called lamellibranch. Zoology. any mollusk, as the oyster, clam, scallop, or mussel, of the class Bivalvia, having two shells hinged together, a soft body, and lamellate gills.
adjective
2.
Botany. having two valves, as a seedcase.
3.
Zoology. having two shells, usually united by a hinge.
4.
having two similar parts hinged together.

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Bi-valve is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1670–80; bi-1 + valve

bi·val·vu·lar [bahy-val-vyuh-ler] , adjective
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