Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In anatomy and zoology, a valve or valvula.
- n. In entomology, the maxilla of a bee, which in repose folds against the tongue. See cut under Hymenoptera. Kirby.
Wiktionary
- n. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.
Examples
“The word Bivalva (Bi = "two", valva = "shells") is a misnomer.”
“StEFaN: astazi a aparut si ultimul episod din PUSHING DAISIES. .si uite asa s-a mai terminat un serial stralucit imi pare rau pentru cei care nu l-au inteles paul1cawinchester: great news, producatorul Josh Friedman a dat un interviu in exclusivitate, in care spune ca sunt sanse destul de acceptabile ca terminator scc sa aiba un sezon 3, datorita fanilor, care au facut valva cu petitii si voturi.”
“A murit asa cum a aparut, fara valva! zanduka: alex, poate ne zici si noua de unde ai informatiile astea ... rkr: knight rider e gata ... a murit sau ne ast la urmatorul sezon? the jagan eye: @vesper: dexter. los t, fringe, burn notice, breaking bad”
“A murit asa cum a aparut, fara valva! zanduka: alex, poate ne zici si noua de unde ai informatiile astea ...”
“A murit asa cum a aparut, fara valva! zanduka: alex, poate ne zici si noua de unde ai informatiile astea ... rkr: knight rider e gata ... a murit sau ne ast la urmatorul sezon?”
“But I do not apprehend that they are ufed in different fenfes any more than patens and patula, valva and val* vula, Sec.”
“T. testa ovata compressa inflexa, anterius substriata, valva altera laevi, altera oblique substriata, striis re - flexis.”
“Ihibitat rarior in Occano indicOi tejfae colore intcmo ti dinisquc prullurn forto/imiiis y at tefla txtrinfccut rca aut cinereo aibida argttfc decujfatim firiata, attti pianii: iaterum anguio carinata f valva biantc njmphis nudis ano ovato • obionga. rugoia» 3« D. tcfta antcrius rugoia gibba: marginibut crcnatia.”
“Ch. tcfta oflovatvi crafla convcxa alba, valva priai nata, poftrcma dcntata 1 mcdiis cmarginatis,”
“# RE: haha, valva is lazy as fuck if you troll through QJ there's a statment from sony stating that coding for the ps3 is hard. which they will work on to make it easier when it's time for the playstation4 to come out. if you think of it, anybody can really learn how to program for the 360”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘valva’.
-
Palynology
List of terms used in the study and classification of pollen and spores - both fossil and modern.
tetrad, abporal, ectoaperture, lacuna, grain, spore, lophate, acalymmate, monad, polyad, hexad, calymmate and 513 more...
-
A Second Helping of Random Palavery
A continuation of my first list, "A Serving of Random Palavery". Like the first, this list contains words that catch my attention, ring happily in my ears, are fun to speak, or are interesting to ...
bouffoir, mossberry, webisode, barquette, brochidodromous, festooned brochid..., eucamptodromy, eucamptodromous, loment, keenings, moss-trooper, mosstrooping and 138 more...
-
...:::bella:::...
originally started as an attempt to collect words I found visually and auditorially beautiful, as well as psychically evocative, this has become nothing more than a grab bag of word curiosities, a ...
bergamot, jambalaya, bee's knees, heliotrope, hosanna, gamboge, aureole, filial, madrigal, multilingual, sacrosanct, sojourn and 1072 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for valva.
hernesheir (n) one of a pair of claspers or male reproductive parts, by which the male holds the female during copulation.
Plural valvae Jan 7, 2009