Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small valve or valvelike structure.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little valve.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A little valve; a valvelet.
- noun (Zoöl.) A small valvelike process.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy A small
valve or similar structure.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small valve
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Oesophageal valve: a funnel-like folding of the oesophagus, extending into the chylific ventricle in some insects, and forming a valve that controls the entrance of food into that organ: = cardiac valvule.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Interventricular valvule: of heart, lies in front of seluilunar valve.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Angujlius ubi valvule coartlattt evadunt concava. —
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Cardo extus umbonibus minutis, intus singulse valvule constans lamina rotundata, introrsum versa, concava; in al - tera testa juxta hunc cardinem est squamula erecta, complicata, cui in opposita testa respondet squama erecta, plana.
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