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operculum
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin operculum.
Noun
operculum (plural opercula)
- (zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.
- 2017, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian, 18 January:
- Hyoliths […] have a small, conical calcium carbonate shell, with a lid called an operculum.
- 2017, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian, 18 January:
- (botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds.
- (dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth.
- A structure which serves as a cover or lid.
- 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, chapter IX, page 95
- I lifted the circular operculum from its place and laid it carefully on the bale.
- 1901, H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, chapter IX, page 95
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Related terms
- opercle
Derived terms
- operculitis
- preoperculum
- interoperculum
- suboperculum
Translations
Latin
Etymology
From operi? (“I close”) +? -culum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /o?per.ku.lum/, [??p?rk??????]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /o?per.ku.lum/, [??p?rkulum]
Noun
operculum n (genitive opercul?); second declension
- cover, covering
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Descendants
- ? English: opercle, operculum
- ? French: opercule
- ? Italian: opercolo
- ? Portuguese: opérculo
- ? Spanish: opérculo
References
- operculum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- operculum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- operculum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- operculum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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opercular
English
Adjective
opercular (not comparable)
- (anatomy) relating to the operculum
Related terms
- opercularization
Noun
opercular (plural operculars)
- (anatomy) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
Anagrams
- preocular
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