different between operculum vs pharynx

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin operculum.

Noun

operculum (plural opercula)

1. (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.

2. (botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds.
3. (dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth.
4. 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.

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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

1. 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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pharynx.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fa.???ks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??.??ks/, /?fæ?.??ks/
• Rhymes: -æ???ks, -?????ks

Noun

pharynx (plural pharynges or pharynxes)

1. (anatomy) The part of the alimentary canal and respiratory tract that extends from the back of the mouth and nasal cavity to the larynx and esophagus.

   Hyponyms: nasopharynx, oropharynx, laryngopharynx, velopharynx, glossopharynx

2. (zoology) The part of the alimentary canal immediately behind the mouth in invertebrates that may be thickened and muscular, eversible and toothed, or adapted as a suctorial organ.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• “pharynx”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “pharynx”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “pharynx” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• pharynx in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• pharynx at OneLook Dictionary Search

See also

• larynx

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.???ks/

Noun

pharynx m (uncountable)

1. (anatomy) pharynx

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ??????? (phárunx, “throat, gullet”).

Pronunciation

• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?fa.rinks/, [?f???i?ks]

Noun

pharynx f (genitive pharyngis); third declension (New Latin)

1. (anatomy) The pharynx.

Inflection

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: pharynx