Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A mollusk having a shell consisting of two lateral plates or valves joined together by an elastic ligament at the hinge, which is usually strengthened by prominences called teeth. The shell is closed by the contraction of two transverse muscles attached to the inner surface, as in the clam, -- or by one, as in the oyster. See Mollusca..

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

Bivalve :: Bivalve (a.) Having two shells or valves which open and shut, as the oyster and certain seed vessels..

Bivalved :: Bivalved (a.) Having two valves, as the oyster and some seed pods; bivalve..

Bivalvous :: Bivalvous (a.) Bivalvular.

Bivalvular :: Bivalvular (a.) Having two valves.

Blow Valve :: Blow valve () See Snifting valve.

D Valve :: D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide..

Double-beat Valve :: Double-beat valve () See under Valve.

Equivalve :: Equivalve (a.) Alt. of Equivalve.

Equivalved :: Equivalved (a.) Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells..

Equivalvular :: Equivalvular (a.) Same as Equivalve or Equivalved.

Inequivalve :: Inequivalve (a.) Alt. of Inequivalvula.

Inequivalvular :: Inequivalvular (a.) Having unequal valves, as the shell of an oyster..

Intravalvular :: Intravalvular (a.) Between valves.

Kingston Valve :: Kingston valve () A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line..

Multivalve :: Multivalve (n.) Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two pieces.

Multivalve :: Multivalve (a.) Alt. of Multivalvula.

Multivalvular :: Multivalvular (a.) Having many valves.

Multivalvular :: Multivalvular (a.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; -- said of certain shells, as the chitons..

Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp..

Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (n.) A door, shutter, or the like, having four folds..

Quadrivalvular :: Quadrivalvular (a.) Having four valves; quadrivalve.

Quinquevalve :: Quinquevalve (a.) Alt. of Quinquevalvula.

Quinquevalvular :: Quinquevalvular (a.) Having five valves, as a pericarp..

Three-valved :: Three-valved (a.) Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp..

Trivalve :: Trivalve (n.) Anything having three valves, especially a shell..

Trivalvular :: Trivalvular (a.) Having three valves; three-valved.

Tubivalve :: Tubivalve (n.) A shell or tube formed by an annelid, as a serpula..

Univalve :: Univalve (n.) A shell consisting of one valve only; a mollusk whose shell is composed of a single piece, as the snails and conchs..

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