Hypertext Webster Gateway: "multivalve"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Multivalve \Mul"ti*valve\, n. [Cf. F. multivalve.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any mollusk which has a shell composed of more than two
pieces.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Multivalve \Mul"ti*valve\, Multivalvular \Mul`ti*val"vu*lar\, a.
[Multi- + valve, valvular: cf. F. multivalve.]
1. Having many valves.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; --
said of certain shells, as the chitons.
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