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Definition of valve
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of valve is as below...
Valve (n.) A small
portion
of
certain
anthers,
which opens like a
trapdoor
to allow the
pollen
to
escape,
as in the
barberry..
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Rock Shaft
::
Rock shaft () A shaft that
oscillates
on its
journals,
instead
of
revolving,
--
usually
carrying
levers
by means of which it
receives
and
communicates
reciprocating
motion,
as in the valve gear of some steam
engines;
--
called
also
rocker,
rocking
shaft,
and way
shaft..
Loment
::
Loment
(n.) An
elongated
pod,
consisting,
like the
legume,
of two
valves,
but
divided
transversely
into small
cells,
each
containing
a
single
seed..
Veliger
::
Veliger
(n.) Any
larval
gastropod
or
bivalve
mollusk
in the state when it is
furnished
with one or two
ciliated
membranes
for
swimming.
Tellina
::
Tellina
(n.) A genus of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
having
thin,
delicate,
and often
handsomely
colored
shells..
Pinna
::
Pinna (n.) Any
species
of
Pinna,
a genus of large
bivalve
mollusks
found in all warm seas. The
byssus
consists
of a large
number
of long, silky
fibers,
which have been used in
manufacturing
woven
fabrics,
as a
curiosity..
Decollated
::
Decollated
(a.)
Decapitated;
worn or cast off in the
process
of
growth,
as the apex of
certain
univalve
shells..
Holostomatous
::
Holostomatous
(a.)
Having
an
entire
aperture;
-- said of many
univalve
shells.
Cornet-a-piston
::
Cornet-a-piston
(n.) A brass wind
instrument,
like the
trumpet,
furnished
with
valves
moved by small
pistons
or
sliding
rods; a
cornopean;
a
cornet..
Organ
::
Organ (n.) A
component
part
performing
an
essential
office
in the
working
of any
complex
machine;
as, the
cylinder,
valves,
crank,
etc., are
organs
of the steam
engine..
Rudistes
::
Rudistes
(n. pl.) An
extinct
order or
suborder
of
bivalve
mollusks
characteristic
of the
Cretaceous
period;
--
called
also
Rudista.
See
Illust.
under
Hippurite.
Valve
::
Valve (n.) A door;
especially,
one of a pair of
folding
doors,
or one of the
leaves
of such a
door..
Cephalata
::
Cephalata
(n. pl.) A large
division
of
Mollusca,
including
all
except
the
bivalves;
-- so
called
because
the head is
distinctly
developed.
See
Illustration
in
Appendix..
Heteromyaria
::
Heteromyaria
(n. pl.) A
division
of
bivalve
shells,
including
the
marine
mussels,
in which the two
adductor
muscles
are very
unequal.
See
Dreissena,
and
Illust.
under
Byssus..
Oyster
::
Oyster
(n.) Any
marine
bivalve
mollusk
of the genus
Ostrea.
They are
usually
found
adhering
to rocks or other fixed
objects
in
shallow
water along the
seacoasts,
or in
brackish
water in the mouth of
rivers.
The
common
European
oyster
(Ostrea
edulis),
and the
American
oyster
(Ostrea
Virginiana),
are the most
important
species..
Spat
::
Spat (n.) A young
oyster
or other
bivalve
mollusk,
both
before
and after it first
becomes
adherent,
or such
young,
collectively..
Sucker
::
Sucker
(n.) The
embolus,
or
bucket,
of a pump; also, the valve of a pump
basket..
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..
Clam
::
Clam (v. t.) A
bivalve
mollusk
of many
kinds,
especially
those that are
edible;
as, the long clam (Mya
arenaria),
the
quahog
or round clam
(Venus
mercenaria),
the sea clam or hen clam
(Spisula
solidissima),
and other
species
of the
United
States.
The name is said to have been given
originally
to the
Tridacna
gigas,
a huge East
Indian
bivalve..
Siphonata
::
Siphonata
(n. pl.) A tribe of
bivalve
mollusks
in which the
posterior
mantle
border
is
prolonged
into two tubes or
siphons.
Called
also
Siphoniata.
See
Siphon,
2 (a), and
Quahaug..
Ostracoidea
::
Ostracoidea
(n. pl.) An order of
Entomostraca
possessing
hard
bivalve
shells.
They are of small size, and swim
freely
about..
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