English

hypovalve

From hypo- + valve.

Formed from hypo- + valve

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Latin valva ‘double door, valve’

Middle English valve

English valve

Today it means

noun The hypotheca of a diatom

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