Details of word OPERCULUM

Definition of operculum

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.
n. - Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell.

Word "operculum" contains 9 letters : C E L M O P R U U

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