How to Use bivalve in a Sentence

bivalve

noun

• That’s good news for bivalve lovers, who descend in droves to shuck and slurp.
  — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 4 Jan. 2023
• The sauced bivalve is in the center of the plate, hinting that your meal will be seafood-focused.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 16 Feb. 2018
• Spot seals and other wildlife on your boat ride out to one of the farms, and then help sow the world-famous bivalves.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• And, experts say the shells from the bivalves may just be helping our coastline.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 29 May 2017
• Choi says to the Spider-Man actor, who’s about to partake in his first raw bivalve on the half shell.
  — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 6 June 2019
• These tasty bivalves are a favorite around these parts, and with good reason.
  — Rochelle Bilow, Bon Appetit, 9 Apr. 2018
• The bivalves, just a few months old, were barely larger than a pencil tip.
  — Katherine Kornei, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
• Harvey’s was serving 500 wagonloads of the tasty bivalves a week.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2018
• Williams said, holding one of the bivalve shells, which blend in with the river bottom and are difficult to spot.
  — OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• In case of any bivalve shortages, he’s got a local oyster guy on call.
  — Emma Glassman-Hughes, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• Most of the empty shells of the large bivalve have been colonized by other marine species.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• Bring your glove and oyster knife because these bivalves are not shucked to keep them as fresh as possible, the farmer said.
  — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• Cages bob in chest-deep water, each holding a cache of bivalves in various stages of growth.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Sep. 2019
• Their surfaces are rough and rippled to help corals and bivalves grow on them more easily.
  — WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023
• Each of the bivalve mollusks can filter between 20 and 50 gallons of water a day.
  — WSJ, 10 July 2017
• One good choice is the Mussels and Frites, the popular high-stacked treatment of the bivalves in a rich tomato sauce topped by fries daubed with rich mayo-style sauce.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 23 June 2017
• However, an oyster bar lives and dies by the quality of the bivalves themselves and Voyager hits it out of the park on that front.
  — Mark Kurlyandchik, Detroit Free Press, 15 Feb. 2018
• Now, researchers have designed a polymer that would make these bivalves proud.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 26 Oct. 2017
• Cockscomb pearl mussels, the study’s starring bivalves, are found in fresh waters across northeast Asia.
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 22 June 2023
• If dad loves oysters, then a gift of the briny bivalves would really surprise him on Father’s Day.
  — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2018
• The tiny bivalves, which take their name from the dark, zebra-like stripes on each shell, most likely arrived in the South on freighters that set sail from Eastern Europe.
  — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2019
• The menu boasts many fresh catches, including the bay’s signature bivalves, whether in shooters, stews or omelets, grilled or raw on the half shell.
  — Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
• After that were barnacles, then gastropods [such as snails and slugs], then bivalves such as clams.
  — Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 30 Aug. 2019
• The foods richest in these include bivalves such as clams, mussels and oysters; leafy greens such as kale and spinach; wild salmon; organ meats; nuts; beans and seeds.
  — Kathleen Squires, WSJ, 26 July 2018
• Ocean bivalves, for instance, help clean up toxic spills, and even tiny ocean plankton help form rain-bearing clouds.
  — The Economist, 30 Dec. 2019
• Cafe Cancale isn’t an oyster bar, per se, but the briny bivalves (six varieties, some rare, featured daily) are a big part of the menu.
  — Phil Vettel, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2019
• And while there is some silt on the reef — which can be a smothering hazard for oysters — the bivalves are in some places growing vertically, above the silt.
  — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 28 June 2018
• Shark teeth and bivalve shells were scattered around the dinosaur’s bones, a hint that the heavily armored beast may have once formed a short-lived, edible reef.
  — Riley Black, Discover Magazine, 11 Dec. 2013
• Some 40 square miles of coral reefs, or about 10 percent, have been killed by Chinese fishermen seeking the giant bivalves.
  — National Geographic, 10 Jan. 2017
• But in both cases (with bivalves and great-grandmothers alike), better late than never, right?
  — Elizabeth Gilbert, Good Housekeeping, 6 Mar. 2012

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024