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tri⋅valve

[trahy-valv]
–adjective
1. having three valves, as a shell.
–noun
2. a trivalve shell.

Origin:
1675–85; tri- + valve
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tri·valve   (trī'vālv')   
adj.  Having three valves.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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