Operculum example sentences

o·per·cu·lum

noun zoology botany

operculum (noun) · opercula (plural noun)

- a structure that closes or covers an aperture.

- technical term for gill cover

- a secreted plate that closes the aperture of a gastropod mollusk's shell when the animal is retracted.

- a part of the spore-containing capsule of a moss that functions as a lid or cover.

› Jalopy noun informal

› Operculum noun zoology botany

› Outnumber verb

› Recce noun

› Truncation noun

› Antitoxinum [ˌan(t)ēˈtäksən]

› FY

› Journeys noun

› Ivoryorigin noun

› Rediscover verb

› Phono combiningform

› Dbmv

› Drabs

› Snowing verb

› Gooped [ɡrōp]

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