Operculum Common

Operculum has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted

operculum

A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.

See Also

cingulo opercular gill cover opercle inoperculate opercular fruit flap lidlike

Related Terms

cingulo opercular gill cover opercle inoperculate opercular fruit flap lidlike operculate operculigenous utah roundmouth snail lid subopercular branchiostegal foix chavany marie syndrome seed systylious gill slit detach operculectomy

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

plate

Rhyming Words

lum alum glum clum blum slum klum plum solum colum pilum filum hilum malum tulum calum gillum siglum pyelum pollum

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