multivalve

American  

[muhl-ti-valv] / ˈmʌl tɪˌvælv /

adjective

1. (of a shell) composed of more than two valves or pieces.

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noun

1. a multivalve mollusk or its shell.

Etymology

Origin of multivalve

First recorded in 1745–55; multi- + valve

Example Sentences

The company's products have features to boast about: multivalve engines, antilock braking systems, traction control, all-wheel drive and other new technologies.

From Time Magazine Archive

To counter that, Chrysler will introduce a striking auto in 1992, code-named the L/H, which will boast, among other things, a new multivalve Chrysler engine.

From Time Magazine Archive

The car can be equipped with an optional 16-valve, four-cylinder engine that even Mercedes engineers have hailed as the best multivalve motor in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is divided into three groups, the multivalve shells, or those which consist of several pieces; the bivalve, of two pieces; and the univalve, or those of one piece only.

From Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History by MacGillivray, William