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trivalve, n. and a. Nat. Hist.|ˈtraɪvælv|
[f. tri- + valve, after bivalve.]
a. n. A shell having three valves.
b. adj. Having three valves. Also ˈtrivalved, † triˈvalvous, triˈvalvular adjs.
1776Da Costa Conchology 278 These Shells are *trivalves, and have two large valves, with a small valve placed between them, near to the hinge. 1891Cent. Dict., Trivalve, a. and n.
1856W. Clark Van der Hoeven's Zool. I. 190 Head *trivalved.
1681Grew Musæum ii. i. iv. 198 *Trivalvous, i.e. composed of three Sides or Plates joyned together by the length of the Shell. 1693Sir T. P. Blount Nat. Hist. 60 Bauhinus Pictures it [the Ginger plant]..with a trivalvous Cod.
1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xx. (1794) 278 Purslain has..a capsule of one cell..; in some species it opens horizontally, in others it is *trivalvular. |