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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..

Nucleus :: Nucleus (n.) The central part around which additional growths are added, as of an operculum..

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

Operculums :: Operculums (pl. ) of Operculu.

Suboperculum :: Subopercular (n.) The suboperculum.

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

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

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

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

Preopercular :: Preopercular (n.) The preoperculum.

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

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

Scutum :: Scutum (n.) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

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

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

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

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

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

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