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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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Malacobdella
::
Malacobdella
(n.) A genus of
nemertean
worms,
parasitic
in the gill
cavity
of clams and other
bivalves.
They have a large
posterior
sucker,
like that of a
leech.
See
Illust.
of
Bdellomorpha..
Spanner
::
Spanner
(n.) A
contrivance
in some of the
ealier
steam
engines
for
moving
the
valves
for the
alternate
admission
and
shutting
off of the
steam.
Siphon
::
Siphon
(n.) One of the tubes or folds of the
mantle
border
of a
bivalve
or
gastropod
mollusk
by which water is
conducted
into the gill
cavity.
See
Illust.
under Mya, and
Lamellibranchiata..
Sluice
::
Sluice
(n.) An
artifical
passage
for
water,
fitted
with a valve or gate, as in a mill
stream,
for
stopping
or
regulating
the flow; also, a water gate or flood
gate..
Boat Shell
::
Boat shell () A
marine
univalve
shell of the genus
Cymba.
Scallop
::
Scallop
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pecten
and
allied
genera
of the
family
Pectinidae.
The shell is
usually
radially
ribbed,
and the edge is
therefore
often
undulated
in a
characteristic
manner.
The large
adductor
muscle
of some the
species
is much used as food. One
species
(Vola
Jacobaeus)
occurs
on the coast of
Palestine,
and its shell was
formerly
worn by
pilgrims
as a mark that they had been to the Holy Land.
Called
also fan
shell.
See
Pecten,
2..
Valvule
::
Valvule
(n.) A small
valvelike
process.
Action
::
Action
(n.) The
mechanical
contrivance
by means of which the
impulse
of the
player's
finger
is
transmitted
to the
strings
of a
pianoforte
or to the valve of an organ pipe.
Tridacna
::
Tridacna
(n.) A genus of very large
marine
bivalve
shells
found on the coral reefs of the
Indian
and
Pacific
Oceans.
One
species
(T.
gigas)
often
weighs
four or five
hundred
pounds,
and is
sometimes
used for
baptismal
fonts.
Called
also paw
shell,
and
fountain
shell..
Handwheel
::
Handwheel
(n.) Any wheel
worked
by hand; esp., one the rim of which
serves
as the
handle
by which a
valve,
car
brake,
or other part is
adjusted..
Mactra
::
Mactra
(n.) Any
marine
bivalve
shell of the genus
Mactra,
and
allied
genera.
Many
species
are
known.
Some of them are used as food, as
Mactra
stultorum,
of
Europe.
See Surf clam, under
Surf..
Septiferous
::
Septiferous
(a.)
Bearing
a
partition;
-- said of the
valves
of a
capsule.
Supplyant
::
Supply
(a.)
Serving
to
contain,
deliver,
or
regulate
a
supply
of
anything;
as, a
supply
tank or
valve..
Cockleshell
::
Cockleshell
(n.) One of the
shells
or
valves
of a
cockle.
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..
Clack
::
Clack (v. t.)
Anything
that
causes
a
clacking
noise,
as the
clapper
of a mill, or a clack
valve..
Integropallial
::
Integropallial
(a.)
Having
the
pallial
line
entire,
or
without
a
sinus,
as
certain
bivalve
shells..
Valved
::
Valved
(a.)
Having
a valve or
valve;
valvate.
Lamellibranchiata
::
Lamellibranchiata
(n. pl.) A class of
Mollusca
including
all those that have
bivalve
shells,
as the
clams,
oysters,
mussels,
etc..
Hydrant
::
Hydrant
(n.) A
discharge
pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of
waterworks;
a water plug.
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