(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:13:53

Val*va"ta (?), n. [NL.; cf. L. valvatus having folding doors. See Valve.] Zool.

A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.

 

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