univalve vs aplacophoran

aplacophoran vs univalve

univalve and aplacophoran both are nouns.

univalve is an adjective but aplacophoran is not an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
univalve	Yes	Yes	No	No
aplacophoran	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, aplacophoran is a hyponym of univalve; that is, aplacophoran is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than univalve:

univalve: a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
aplacophoran: deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle

Other hyponyms of univalve include abalone, ear-shell, conch, snail, slug, seasnail, Ancylus fluviatilis, freshwater limpet, river limpet, nudibranch, sea slug, Aplysia punctata, sea hare, bubble shell, physa, cowrie, cowry, solenogaster.

univalve (noun)	aplacophoran (noun)
a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes	deep-water wormlike mollusks lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine slimy spicules on the covering mantle

univalve (adjective)	aplacophoran (adjective)
used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.

Difference between univalve and aplacophoran

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