Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for MUL'TI-VALVE
MULTI-VALVE, or MUL-TI-VALV'U-LARMUL-TIV'ER-SANT
MUL'TI-VALVE, n. [L. multus, many, and valvæ, valves, folding doors.]
An animal which has a shell of many valves. Zoology.
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