Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An operculum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill covers of fishes; an opercular bone.
- noun (Zoöl.) An operculum.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy Any of the
bony plates supporting thegill covers offishes ; an opercular bone. - noun zoology An
operculum .
Etymologies
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Compare French opercule. See operculum.
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56 "Systomus," Back greenish, opercle orange spotted, one black spot near tail.
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