English Explanatory Dictionary

valva

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

Word forms

valva valvae

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valve.

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