heterovalvate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

hetero- +‎ valvate

Adjective[edit]

heterovalvate (not comparable)

  1. Having different (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom)
    • 2015 October 21, “Auxosporulation in Paralia guyana MacGillivary (Bacillariophyta) and Possible New Insights into the Habit of the Earliest Diatoms”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      Filaments up to 32 cells long were observed, capped with live heterovalvate end-cells where each possessed one of the initial valves.
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