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Definition of Occludent
1. a. Serving to close; shutting up.
Definition of Occludent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Occludent
Literary usage of Occludent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1906)
"Almost triangular, moderately convex; occludent margin considerably arched ...
The occludent edge is thickened, broad, and flat, and is marked by lines of ..."
2. A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia: With Figures of All the Species by Charles Darwin (1854)
"Shell moderately convex, nearly smooth: scutum and tergum calcified together
without any suture: scutum furnished with a small occludent ledge, ..."
3. The Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U.S. National by Henry Augustus Pilsbry (1907)
"The capitulum is subtriangular, the slightly convex occludent margin about twice
... The plates are lilac tinted, nearly white near the occludent margin, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1908)
"It is merely apparent 011 account of the continuity of the occludent and peduncular
margins, as shown in fig. 2a, where the umbo is at u, the margin of the ..."
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