Deoperculate :: Deoperculate (a.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

Inopercular :: Inopercular (a.) Alt. of Inoperculat.

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

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

Interpercular :: Interpercular (a.) Of or pertaining to the interoperculum.

Interpercular :: Interpercular (n.) The interopercular bone.

Opercula :: Opercula (n. pl.) See Operculum.

Opercula :: Opercula (pl. ) of Operculu.

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

Operculate :: Operculate (a.) Alt. of Operculate.

Operculated :: Operculated (a.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses..

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

Operculiferous :: Operculiferous (a.) Bearing an operculum.

Operculiform :: Operculiform (a.) Having the form of a lid or cover.

Operculigenous :: Operculigenous (a.) Producing an operculum; -- said of the foot, or part of the foot, of certain mollusks..

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

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.

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

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..

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.

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 lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.

Operculums :: Operculums (pl. ) of Operculu.

Perculaced :: Perculaced (a.) Latticed. See Lattice, n., 2..

Percurrent :: Percurrent (a.) Running through the entire length.

Percursory :: Percursory (a.) Running over slightly or in haste; cursory.

Percuss :: Percuss (v. t.) To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination..

Percuss :: Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3..

Percussed :: Percussed (imp. & p. p.) of Percus.

Percussing :: Percussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percus.

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