Definition of operculum

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Operculum (n.) 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..

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Tergum :: Tergum (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Operculums :: Operculums (pl. ) of Operculu.
Interpercular :: Interpercular (a.) Of or pertaining to the interoperculum.
Serpula :: Serpula (n.) Any one of numerous species of tubicolous annelids of the genus Serpula and allied genera of the family Serpulidae. They secrete a calcareous tube, which is usually irregularly contorted, but is sometimes spirally coiled. The worm has a wreath of plumelike and often bright-colored gills around its head, and usually an operculum to close the aperture of its tube when it retracts..
Preoperculum :: Preoperculum (n.) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.
Interoperculum :: Interoperculum (n.) The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes..
Subopercular :: Subopercular (a.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.
Eyestone :: Eyestone (n.) A small, lenticular, calcareous body, esp. an operculum of a small marine shell of the family Turbinidae, used to remove a foreign substance from the eye. It is put into the inner corner of the eye under the lid, and allowed to work its way out at the outer corner, bringing with it the substance..
Operculated :: Operculated (a.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes..
Suborbicular :: Suboperculum (n.) The lower opercular bone in fishes.
Turbo :: Turbo (n.) Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidae, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum..
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.
Turritella :: Turritella (n.) Any spiral marine gastropod belonging to Turritella and allied genera. These mollusks have an elongated, turreted shell, composed of many whorls. They have a rounded aperture, and a horny multispiral operculum..
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.
Inoperculate :: Inoperculate (a.) Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.
Valvata :: Valvata (n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.
Onycha :: Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus..
Operculiferous :: Operculiferous (a.) Bearing an operculum.
Operculigenous :: Operculigenous (a.) Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the foot, of certain mollusks..
Operculum :: Operculum (n.) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle..
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