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

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

Oparcular :: Oparcular (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, an operculum..

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

Operculums :: Operculums (pl. ) of Operculu.

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

Tergum :: Tergum (n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.

Rostellum :: Rostellum (n.) A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm..

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

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

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

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

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..

Suborbicular :: Suboperculum (n.) The lower opercular bone in fishes.

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

Valvata :: Valvata (n.) A genus of small spiral fresh-water gastropods having an operculum.

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

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..

Suboperculum :: Subopercular (n.) The suboperculum.

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