coup de grÃ¢ce in British English. See all translations. coup de grÃ¢cenoun [ S ] uk â /ËkuË dÉ ËÉ¡rÉËs/ us â /ËkuË dÉ ËÉ¡rÉËs/ formal. âº an action that ends something that has been gradually getting worse, or that kills a person or animal in order to end their suffering: Jane's affair was the coup de grÃ¢ce to her disintegrating marriage. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words.
Bivalves is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs with about 30,000 species including scallops, clams, oysters, razor shells, shipworms and mussels. Most bivalves are marine usually found in shallower water but some live in brackish and freshwater.
Clams, oysters, scallops, and mussels are bivalves. Bivalves are mollusks that have two shells held together by hinges and strong muscles. Bivalves live in all kinds of watery environments. Bivalves do not have radulas.n addition to a soft body often covered by a shell, a mollusk has a thin layer of tissue called a mantle that covers its internal organs, and an organ called a foot. Mollusks have bilateral symmetry and a digestive system with two openings.