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multivalent

mul.ti.va.lent \.m*l-ti-'va--l*nt, -.ti--, esp in sense 3 .m*l-'tiv-*-\ aj 
   [ISV] 1: POLYVALENT  2: represented more than twice in the somatic 
   chromosome number {~  chromosomes} 3: having many values, meanings, or 
   appeals  - multivalent n