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Meaning of homovalvate | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Having identical (top and bottom) valves (of a diatom)

not-comparable

Examples

“Phase 1 involved heterovalvate, non-polar valves and spore-like frustules; phase 2 introduced more perforated, non-polar valves, and less spore-like frustules readily recognizable as diatoms even when modern valve-processes were absent; and phase 3 with homovalvate frustules and modern valve processes.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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