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opercle|əʊˈpɜːk(ə)l|
[ad. L. operculum cover, covering, lid: see -cule.]
†1. A cover, covering. Obs.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 12/1 A farre better opercle for the braynes, then that newe incarnated fleshe. Ibid. 36/2 A cleane linnen clothe, to be an opercle or coveringe to the woman.
2. Nat. Hist. = operculum.
1840Haldeman Freshwater Shells, Shell conoid,..aperture closed with a thin corneous opercle. 1879Le Conte Elem. Geol. iv. 331 The want of an opercle or gill-cover, growing backward over..the gill-slits. 1880Günther Fishes 2.
Hence oˈpercled a. = operculate a.
1819[see operculate a.]. |