oyster, any member of the families Ostreidae (true oysters) or Aviculidae (pearl oysters), bivalve mollusks found in temperate and warm coastal waters of all oceans. Bivalves known as thorny oysters (Spondylus) and saddle oysters (Anomia) are sometimes included in the group.

Bivalves as a group have no head and they lack some usual molluscan organs like the radula and the odontophore. They include the clams, oysters, cockles, mussels, scallops, and numerous other families that live in saltwater, as well as a number of families that live in freshwater. The majority are filter feeders.

bivalve, (class Bivalvia), any of more than 15,000 species of clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, and other members of the phylum Mollusca characterized by a shell that is divided from front to back into left and right valves.

bivalve shellfish such as clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels, other molluscan shellfish such as whelks and, the tomalley of lobster and crab.

includes clams, snails, slugs, nudibranchs, squid, octopuses, tusk shells, chitons, and many others that are all generally called mollusksMollusk: A member of the phylum Mollusca; also spelled mollusc (most especially in the United Kingdom)..

Consider these popular approaches to cooking bivalves: The classic New England clambake – which can include lobster and shrimp, both crustaceans – mixes seafood and other ingredients common to the region into a delicious and filling meal.

Bivalve mollusks (e.g., clams, oysters, mussels, scallops) have an external covering that is a two-part hinged shell that contains a soft-bodied invertebrate. Like fish, bivalve mollusks breathe through their gills. As filter feeders, bivalves gather food through their gills.

As defined by Merriam Webster, a simile is a figure of speech in which it denotes a kind of object or idea and used in place of another to compare the similarities or analogy between two things. You may also like simple metaphor examples. 1. Anne’s eyes are as blind as the eyes of a bat that she could not anymore read a single flyer in her hands.

Bible is full of them! There are similes, metaphors, images, and allegories. There are so many other figures of speech that it is just overwhelming.

Bivalve mollusks (e.g., clams, oysters, mussels, scallops) have an external covering that is a two-part hinged shell that contains a soft-bodied invertebrate. Like fish, bivalve mollusks breathe through their gills. As filter feeders, bivalves gather food through their gills. Some bivalves have a pointed, retractable “foot”…

Proverbs 25:11 I am like a pelicanof the wilderness; I am like an owl of the desert.  Psalm 102:6 A lot of these similes might be familiar to us.