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pervalvar

pervalvar adjective: perpendicular to the centre of the valve face of a diatom.

Adjective

pervalvar (not comparable)

  1. perpendicular to the centre of the valve face of a diatom

Origin of pervalvar

From per- + valvar.

Questions about pervalvar

What does pervalvar mean?
Pervalvar means perpendicular to the centre of the valve face of a diatom.
What part of speech is pervalvar?
Pervalvar is an adjective.

Words near pervalvar in the dictionary

  1. pervading
  2. pervadingly
  3. pervadingness
  4. pervaginal
  5. pervalicious
  6. pervalvar
  7. pervanadate
  8. pervanadates
  9. pervaporate
  10. pervaporated
  11. pervaporates

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