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Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the pulmonary sacs of arachnids. See Illust. of Scorpion.

Bole :: Bole (n.) An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet..

Pseudostoma :: Pseudostoma (n.) A group of cells resembling a stoma, but without any true aperture among them..

Stop :: Stop (n.) The closing of an aperture in the air passage, or pressure of the finger upon the string, of an instrument of music, so as to modify the tone; hence, any contrivance by which the sounds of a musical instrument are regulated..

Leak :: Leak (v.) The entrance or escape of a fluid through a crack, fissure, or other aperture; as, the leak gained on the ship's pumps..

Swallowed :: Swallow (n.) The aperture in a block through which the rope reeves.

Aperture :: Aperture (n.) An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall..

Perforation :: Perforation (n.) A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.

Clepsydra :: Clepsydra (n.) A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix..

Fauces :: Fauces (n.pl.) That portion of the interior of a spiral shell which can be seen by looking into the aperture.

Ascidioidea :: Ascidioidea (n. pl.) A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix..

Wicket :: Wicket (n.) A small gate or door, especially one forming part of, or placed near, a larger door or gate; a narrow opening or entrance cut in or beside a door or gate, or the door which is used to close such entrance or aperture. Piers Plowman..

Stomatopod :: Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed..

Lip :: Lip (n.) One of the edges of the aperture of a univalve shell.

Valve :: Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid..

Wad :: Wad (n.) A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc..

Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) One of the apertures of the gill of an ascidian, and of Amphioxus..

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

Siphonostomatous :: Siphonostomatous (a.) Having the front edge of the aperture of the shell prolonged in the shape of a channel for the protection of the siphon; -- said of certain gastropods.

Holostomatous :: Holostomatous (a.) Having an entire aperture; -- said of many univalve shells.

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