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, and mussels are in the shellfish family, under the subheadings of mollusks and bivalves. Mollusks include abalone and scallops as well as clams, oysters, and mussels. Bivalves are any creature with a soft body that lives between two hinged shells.