valva

Borrowed from Latin valva.

valva (plural valvae)

1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

valva f (plural valve)

1. (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volvō (“I roll”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwal.wa/, [ˈwaɫ.wa]

valva f (genitive valvae); first declension

1. double or folding door (in plural)
2. one leaf of such doors

First declension.

• valva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to barricade a door (a city-gate): valvas (portam) obstruere
    
• valva in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)

• válvula

• válvula

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve