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Definitions
Noun
1

Any of the bony plates supporting the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.

See Also
gill operculum plate opercular bone pseudobranchia fish cover bony
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Rhyming Words
cle icle secle macle cycle sicle socle uncle zocle circle sarcle boucle surcle guncle mascle oracle acicle icicle nuncle muscle
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