Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
operculum .
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The breadth or depth of this fish immediately behind the opercule three inches, across the body, opposite the first ray of dorsal fin, five inches, first ray of anal three inches, length twenty-two inches.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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A corolla the opercule of which is in the form of a chapiter, rounded at the bafe.
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