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Definitions of opercula in various dictionaries:
noun - a hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
noun - an anatomical part that serves as a lid or cover
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Botanical lids |
Covers where you'll have pure coal shot? |
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Nov 26 2004 The Times - Cryptic |
Feb 14 1998 New York Times |
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Plural form of operculum. |
A structure that closes or covers an aperture. |
Opercula might refer to |
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An operculum is a small covering or lid, and is widely used in descriptions of animals and plants. * Operculum may refer to: * In human biology:* Cervical mucus plug, the cervical mucus plug that blocks the cervix of the uterus after conception * Operculum (brain), the part of the brain covering the insula * Operculum (dentistry), a small flap of tissue which may cover an erupting or partially erupted molarIn animal biology: * * Operculum (animal), a structure resembling a lid or a small door that opens and closes * Operculum (fish), a flap covering the gills of bony fish * Operculum (gastropod), a sort of trapdoor used to close the aperture of some snails * Operculum (bird), a structure which covers the nares of some birds * Operculum (bryozoa), a lid on the orifice of some bryozoans * Operculum, the anterior end of a fruit fly puparium, through which the adult fly emergesIn botany: * * Operculum (botany), various lids and flaps pertaining to plants, algae and fungi |