Uk English Meaning of operculum
Gill cover
Other Uk English words related to Gill cover
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Definitions and Meaning of operculum in English
operculum (n)
a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
operculum (n.)
The lid of a pitcherform leaf.
The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.
Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle.
The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid.
The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.
The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.
Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.
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Gill cover
a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retractedThe lid of a pit
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operculigenous => operculigenous, operculiform => operculiform, operculiferous => operculate, operculated => operculated, operculate => operculate,
