DIMINUTIVE
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DIMINUTIVE. 1. An
AFFIX, usually a
SUFFIX, added to a WORD to suggest smallness (and, paradoxically, either affection or dismissal). In English, the diminutive suffix
-ling is neutral in
duckling little duck, affectionate in
darling little dear, and dismissive in
princeling little prince. Whereas the
-ette in
cigarette conveys smallness, in
usherette it conveys femaleness and, generally, lesser status than
usher.
2. A
NAME, usually a nickname or hypocorism, that suggests smallness, affection, dismissal, etc.:
Will,
Willie,
Willy (and, in baby talk, the double diminutive Willikins) and
Bill,
Billy as short forms of
William, and
willie as a euphemism for the penis. See
CLIPPING,
L-SOUNDS,
SCOTS,
SEXISM.
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Bivalve systematics during the 20th century
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...level taxonomy of bivalves has received less...publication of the bivalve volumes of the Treatise...the evolution of bivalves; rather, with...two exceptions, bivalve workers were noticeably...problems in not just bivalve evolution but evolutionary...INTRODUCTION ALTHOUGH BIVALVES are ...
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Transformation of freshwater ecosystems by bivalves: a case study of zebra mussels in the Hudson River.
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; ...ecological roles of bivalves (the words "bivalve," "clam...suggested that bivalve grazing rates...advective losses if bivalves are to exert control...destroyed or depleted bivalve populations in...Communities of native bivalves, many of them...
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Ecology of Marine Bivalves: An Ecosystem Approach.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...provides integrative examples of bivalve ecosystems throughout North America...however, discuss other deposit feeding bivalves and bivalves with chemoautotrophic...of the creation and maintenance of bivalve ecosystems. The former issue relates...
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Bivalve aquaculture and exotic species: a review of ecological considerations and management issues.
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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Food sources of three bivalves living in two habitats of Jiaozhou Bay (Qingdao, China): Indicated by lipid biomarkers and stable isotope analysis.
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 8/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...difference of three bivalves probably relates to...Jiaozhou Bay. KEY WORDS: bivalve, food sources, lipid...Suspension-feeding bivalves, primarily scallops...materials ingested by bivalves and may reflect material...frequently detected in bivalve's gut content. They...
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Bivalve assemblages on living coral species in the northern Red Sea, Egypt.(Abstract)
Magazine article from: Journal of Shellfish Research; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...compatibility of living bivalve assemblages on the living...contributed by living bivalves were collected using...area of 132 m2 and 534 bivalve individuals were counted...causing absence of many bivalve species at Ras E1-Behar. KEY WORDS: bivalves, ecology, living coral...
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A LATE PERMIAN TO EARLY TRIASSIC BIVALVE FAUNA FROM THE DONGPAN SECTION, SOUTHERN GUANGXI, SOUTH CHINA
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...level diversity of bivalves declined during the...1995), some new bivalve forms also first...As a result, bivalves are important for...Dongpan section, bivalves mainly occur in beds 7-16. This bivalve fauna
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Predation on bivalve veligers by polychaete larvae.
Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 6/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...into predator behavior. Second, bivalve veligers consumed by polychaete...diameter, a common size for small bivalve larvae. The larvae of A. vittata...Does this diet include larval bivalves? Bivalve veligers have been observed in...
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Pennsylvanian bivalves from the Ixtaltepec Formation, Mexico
Magazine article from: Journal of Paleontology; 11/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...ABSTRACT-Twenty species of bivalves are described from the Ixtaltepec...studies on Mexican Carboniferous bivalves that allow the establishment...correlation, the known ranges of the bivalve taxa open three possibilities...Ixtaltepec Formation. The bivalves allow a tentative age assignment...
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Bivalve mollusks from the Maxville Limestone (Mississippian) in Ohio.(Report)
Magazine article from: The Ohio Journal of Science; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...described numerous Mississippian bivalves from Ohio but did not include...lack of shell material on most bivalve specimens precludes the preservation...is likely that specimens of bivalves also had attached epibionts...to the firm substrate of the bivalve shell. A brachial valve of...
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Bivalves
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...Characteristics of Bivalves The name "bivalve" refers to the...oxygen. A few bivalve species are predatory...sea scallops. Bivalves make use of a...simple eyes. Bivalves have an open circulatory...A number of bivalve species have some...
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bivalves
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth
...general morphology of bivalve shells directly...in which modern bivalves live enables us...corrosive secretions. Bivalves first occur in the...rostroconchs were bivalve-like but possessed no hinge; the bivalves seem to have developed...
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bivalve
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
bivalve aquatic mollusk of the...an elastic ligament. Bivalves, which include clams...fish, and shore birds. Bivalve Shells The two valves...swimming and lacks a shell. Bivalve Specialization Bivalves differ in their habits...
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rudist bivalves
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
rudist bivalves An extinct group of coraland horn-shaped bivalves ( Bivalvia , subclass Heterodonta ). They have a variable...morphology and many species are not easily seen to be bivalves. They are adapted to a sedentary mode of life. Some...
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Mollusks
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Food and Culture
...inhabiting single shells; the bivalves, such as clams and oysters...human consumers. Next come bivalves. Third in numbers but greatest...relation to the human diet, the bivalves were probably the most important...heap of shells and bones) of bivalve shells, indicating very heavy...
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