trivalve
English
Etymology
tri- + valve
Noun
trivalve (plural trivalves)
- Anything having three valves, especially a shell.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for trivalve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
French
Adjective
trivalve (plural trivalves)
- tri-valve, having three valves
Further reading
- “trivalve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From tri- + valva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /triˈval.ve/
- Rhymes: -alve
- Hyphenation: tri‧vàl‧ve
Adjective
trivalve (plural trivalvi)
- having three valves
Further reading
- trivalve in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana