Word
Operculum
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
o-per-cu-lum
Definition
- n. - The lid of a pitcherform leaf.
- n. - The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.
- n. - Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the
opercula of a dental follicle.
- 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.
- n. - The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior
part of the gill cover.
- n. - The lid closing the aperture of various species of
shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.
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