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Definition of Opercula
1. n. pl. See Operculum.
Definition of Opercula
1. Noun. (plural of operculum) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Opercula
1. operculum [n] - See also: operculum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Opercula
Literary usage of Opercula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Synonymic Catalogue of Homoptera by William Lucas Distant (1906)
"I. Second and third ventral segments in tf with distinct A. Head (including eyes)
considerably narrower than lateral tubercles ; opercula ..."
2. Geological Magazine by Henry Woodward (1898)
"In the left upper corner are the two opercula (op.), slightly overlapping and
exposing their outer ornamented ..."
3. The London Medical Gazette (1846)
"G.—The papilla acquiring the configuration of a pulp, and the sac acquiring opercula.
The depression for the cavity of reserve behind the inner operculum. ..."
4. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1855)
"... with Remarks on its Affinities and Notes on several opercula. By \VH BENSON,
Esq. ON my passage through Zurich, last summer, Professor Mousson kindly ..."
5. A Ride Through the Disturbed Districts of New Zealand: Together with Some by Herbert George Philip Meade, Robert Henry Meade (1871)
"... church- service — Examination again — Prayer by pipe and drum — opercula
shells — Good oarsmen — General quarters and native astonishment — Burning bush ..."
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