interopercularadj.
/ˌɪntərəʊˈpəːkjʊlə/ Ichthyology.
Belonging to, or of the nature of, an interoperculum, chiefly in interopercular bone = interoperculum n.
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suboperculiform1852
interopercular1854
mesocoracoid1868
supraclavicular1868
post-temporal1870
1854 R. Owen Struct. Skeleton & Teeth in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature I. 178 The appendage in question consists of four bones; the one articulated to the tympanic pedicle is called ‘preopercular’..; the other three are, counting downwards, the ‘opercular’.., the ‘subopercular’.., the ‘interopercular’.
1897 Günther in M. Kingsley W. Africa 700 Part of the interopercular margin is spiny.
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