Difference between revisions of "Operculum"
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==References == | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' 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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' n.) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' n.) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf. </p> <p> '''(6):''' ''' (''' n.) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle. </p> <p> '''(7):''' ''' (''' n.) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:43, 13 October 2021
Operculum [1]
(1): ( 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.
(2): ( n.) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.
(3): ( n.) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda.
(4): ( n.) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover.
(5): ( n.) The lid of a pitcherform leaf.
(6): ( n.) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle.
(7): ( n.) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.
