Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of, pertaining to, or containing apertures.

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Examples

  • In most other snail species, the apertural teeth and laminae, when they are present, begin to develop as a snail approaches maturity.

    Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009

  • In most other snail species, the apertural teeth and laminae, when they are present, begin to develop as a snail approaches maturity.

    Ventridens suppressus AYDIN 2009

  • Their eggs lost their hard shells first or, perhaps they never had hard-shelled eggs and then the apertural teeth came; 2.

    Archive 2008-07-01 AYDIN 2008

  • Their eggs lost their hard shells first or, perhaps they never had hard-shelled eggs and then the apertural teeth came; 2.

    Which came first, the snail or the egg? AYDIN 2008

  • All I can tell about their identity is that they are a species of Triodopsis, but figuring out the exact species—usually from the subtle differences in the positions of the apertural teeth—will take more effort than I can put in now.

    Sleeping Triodopsis AYDIN 2008

  • All I can tell about their identity is that they are a species of Triodopsis, but figuring out the exact species—usually from the subtle differences in the positions of the apertural teeth—will take more effort than I can put in now.

    Archive 2008-01-01 AYDIN 2008

  • Mysterious, apertural, glistening, and crimped, the set semed to be awaiting the entrance of an actor to make its meaning clear.

    Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003

  • I would also note that the reflected apertural ridge is usually very robust in the heavily ribbed taxa not surprisingly, and this, alone, might offer significant protection against "peelers"."

    Who preys on Truncatella AYDIN 2008

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