Hyphenation of bivalve

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word bivalve? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

bi-valve

Definitions of bivalve:

1.	Marine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together
2.	Used of mollusks having two shells (as clams etc.)

Synonyms of bivalve:

adj	bivalve, bivalved, lamellibranch, pelecypod, pelecypodous
noun	pelecypod, lamellibranch, mollusk, mollusc, shellfish

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