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Bivalve

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface as in the clam or by one as in the oyster See Mollusca

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