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Definition of valve
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Valve (n.) One of the
pieces
or
divisions
of
bivalve
or
multivalve
shells.
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Dreissena
::
Dreissena
(n.) A genus of
bivalve
shells
of which one
species
(D.
polymorpha)
is often so
abundant
as to be very
troublesome
in the fresh
waters
of
Europe.
Cingulum
::
Cingulum
(n.) A
distinct
girdle
or band of
color;
a
raised
spiral
line as seen on
certain
univalve
shells.
Columbella
::
Columbella
(n.) A genus of
univalve
shells,
abundant
in
tropical
seas. Some
species,
as
Columbella
mercatoria,
were
formerly
used as shell
money..
Drill
::
Drill (n.) A
marine
gastropod,
of
several
species,
which kills
oysters
and other
bivalves
by
drilling
holes
through
the
shell.
The most
destructive
kind is
Urosalpinx
cinerea..
Stopcock
::
Stopcock
(n.) A bib,
faucet,
or short pipe,
fitted
with a
turning
stopper
or plug for
permitting
or
restraining
the flow of a
liquid
or gas; a cock or valve for
checking
or
regulating
the flow of
water,
gas, etc.,
through
or from a pipe, etc..
Odontophore
::
Odontophore
(n.) A
special
structure
found in the mouth of most
mollusks,
except
bivalves.
It
consists
of
several
muscles
and a
cartilage
which
supports
a
chitinous
radula,
or
lingual
ribbon,
armed with
teeth.
Also
applied
to the
radula
alone.
See
Radula..
Drupe
::
Drupe (n.) A fruit
consisting
of
pulpy,
coriaceous,
or
fibrous
exocarp,
without
valves,
containing
a nut or stone with a
kernel.
The
exocarp
is
succulent
in the plum,
cherry,
apricot,
peach,
etc.; dry and
subcoriaceous
in the
almond;
and
fibrous
in the
cocoanut..
Ostracea
::
Ostracea
(n. pl.) A
division
of
bivalve
mollusks
including
the
oysters
and
allied
shells.
Valve
::
Valve (n.) A small
portion
of
certain
anthers,
which opens like a
trapdoor
to allow the
pollen
to
escape,
as in the
barberry..
Pholas
::
Pholas
(n.) Any one of
numerous
species
of
marine
bivalve
mollusks
of the genus
Pholas,
or
family
Pholadidae.
They bore holes for
themselves
in clay, peat, and soft
rocks..
Cockleshell
::
Cockleshell
(n.) One of the
shells
or
valves
of a
cockle.
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..
Slide
::
Slide (n.) A slide
valve.
Throw
::
Throw (n.) The
extreme
movement
given to a
sliding
or
vibrating
reciprocating
piece by a cam,
crank,
eccentric,
or the like;
travel;
stroke;
as, the throw of a slide
valve.
Also,
frequently,
the
length
of the
radius
of a
crank,
or the
eccentricity
of an
eccentric;
as, the throw of the crank of a steam
engine
is equal to half the
stroke
of the
piston..
Condenser
::
Condenser
(n.) An
instrument
for
condensing
air or other
elastic
fluids,
consisting
of a
cylinder
having
a
movable
piston
to force the air into a
receiver,
and a valve to
prevent
its
escape..
Auriculated
::
Auriculated
(a.)
Having
ears or
appendages
like ears;
eared.
Esp.: (a)
(Bot.)
Having
lobes or
appendages
like the ear;
shaped
like the ear;
auricled.
(b)
(Zool.)
Having
an
angular
projection
on one or both
sides,
as in
certain
bivalve
shells,
the foot of some
gastropods,
etc..
Multivalvular
::
Multivalvular
(a.)
Many-valved;
having
more than two
valves;
-- said of
certain
shells,
as the
chitons..
Cockle
::
Cockle
(n.) A
bivalve
mollusk,
with
radiating
ribs, of the genus
Cardium,
especially
C.
edule,
used in
Europe
for food; --
sometimes
applied
to
similar
shells
of other
genera..
Multivalve
::
Multivalve
(n.) Any
mollusk
which has a shell
composed
of more than two
pieces.
Typhlosole
::
Typhlosole
(n.) A fold of the wall which
projects
into the
cavity
of the
intestine
in
bivalve
mollusks,
certain
annelids,
starfishes,
and some other
animals..
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