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‖ suboperculum|sʌbəʊˈpɜːkjʊləm| [mod.L., f. sub- sub- 2 b (a) + operculum.] 1. Ichth. The bone situated below the operculum in the gill-cover of a fish.
1834McMurtrie Cuvier's Anim. Kingd. 191 A sort of lid, composed of three bony pieces, the operculum, the sub[o]perculum, and the interoperculum. 1878Bell tr. Gegenbaur's Comp. Anat. 455 Behind the preoperculum is the suboperculum. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 93. 2. Anat. The part of an occipital orbital gyre which overlies the insula of Reil.
1889Buck's Handbk. Med. Sci. VIII. 160/2 The insula..becomes a subgyre, while the operculum, preoperculum, suboperculum, and postoperculum are supergyres. Hence ˌsuboperˈculiform a., of the form of a suboperculum.
1852Dana Crust. i. 569 The outer maxillipeds are sub⁓operculiform. |