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intervalley

intervalley adjective: between valleys.

Adjective

intervalley (not comparable)

  1. Between valleys.

Noun

intervalley (plural intervalleys)

  1. A valley lying between other valleys, or between other entities.
    • At the outer margins of the intervalleys the sagebrush type is modified by an admixture of grasses and weeds, of which wheat bunch grass, wild geranium, lupine, balsam root, and giant wild rye are most conspicuous.1929, Geological Survey (U.S.), Land Classification of the Northern Great Plains: Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, page 55
    • On adult shells the posterior end of the notch is ill defined and may be filled with callus flesh with the intervalleys between the ridge.1970, Geological Survey of Great Britain, Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, page 70

Forms of intervalley

pluralintervalleys

Origin of intervalley

From inter- + valley.

Questions about intervalley

What does intervalley mean?
Intervalley means between valleys.
What part of speech is intervalley?
Intervalley can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near intervalley in the dictionary

  1. intervales
  2. intervalic
  3. intervalize
  4. intervalla
  5. intervalled
  6. intervalley
  7. intervalleys
  8. intervallic
  9. intervallically
  10. intervallum
  11. intervallums

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