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

Operculums :: Operculums (pl. ) of Operculu.

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

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

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

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

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

Opercle :: Opercle (n.) An operculum.

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..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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

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

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

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..

Preopercular :: Preopercular (n.) The preoperculum.

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

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