1. (zoology) used of mollusks, especially gastropods, as snails etc.
   "Snails are univalve mollusks with a single coiled shell"

1. A class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
   "The univalve left a slimy trail as it moved across the rock";
   - gastropod, gasteropod [archaic]

Derived forms: univalves

See also: single-shelled

Type of: mollusc, mollusk [N. Amer], shellfish

Antonym: bivalve

Part of: class Gasteropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, Gastropoda

Encyclopedia: Univalve