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Opercle :: Opercle (n.) An operculum.

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.

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 fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid..

Onycha :: Onycha (n.) An ingredient of the Mosaic incense, probably the operculum of some kind of strombus..

Praeoperculum :: Praeoperculum (n.) Same as Preoperculum.

Preopercular :: Preopercular (a.) Situated in front of the operculum; pertaining to the preoperculum.

Paucispiral :: Paucispiral (a.) Having few spirals, or whorls; as, a paucispiral operculum or shell..

Subopercular :: Subopercular (a.) Situated below the operculum; pertaining to the suboperculum.

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda..

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle..

Interoperculum :: Interoperculum (n.) The postero-inferior opercular bone, in fishes..

Inoperculate :: Inoperculate (a.) Having no operculum; -- said of certain gastropod shells.

Unoperculated :: Unoperculated (a.) Destitute of an operculum, or cover..

Operculated :: Operculated (a.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes..

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..

Opercular :: Opercular (n.) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.

Suboperculum :: Subopercular (n.) The suboperculum.

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