Dictionary entry

Multivalve (2)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Mul″ti‐valve (?), Mul′ti‐val″vu‐lar (?), } a. [Multi- + valve, valvular: cf. F. multivalve.] 1. Having many valves.

2. (Zoöl.) Many-valved; having more than two valves; — said of certain shells, as the chitons.