💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Opercle"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| suboperculumnoun | (anatomy) The lower opercular bone in fishes. |
| operculenoun | Alternative form of operculum. [(zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.] |
| operculumnoun | (zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover. |
| gill covernoun | (anatomy, zoology) An operculum; a series of bones found in bony fish that serves as a facial support structure and a protective covering for the gills. |
| praeoperculumnoun | Alternative form of preoperculum. [(anatomy) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.] |
| operculate | (zoology or botany) Having an operculum. |
| interoperclenoun | A bone between the preopercle and the branchiostegals of a fish |
| pseudobranchianoun | (marine biology) A small patch of gill-like filaments on the inner surface of the opercle near the junction of the preopercle. |
| ossiclenoun | (anatomy) A small bone (or bony structure), especially one of the three of the middle ear. |
| bucklernoun | A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows. |
| epibranchialnoun | (zoology, fish anatomy) An epibranchial cartilage or bone. |
| pseudotympanumnoun | (zoology) A translucent, triangular area behind the opercle of some fish (supposed to function in hearing). |
| symplectic | (mathematics, multilinear algebra, of a bilinear form) That is alternating and nondegenerate. |
| preocularnoun | One of the scales just in front of the eye of a reptile or fish. |
| gonopodiumnoun | (anatomy) A modified extremity, such as an anal fin, of certain types of livebearing fish and arthropods (most notably crustaceans and myriapods), which is used for reproduction. |
| urodermalnoun | Either of a pair of thin dermal bones, derived from scales, at the rear of the caudal fin of some fish |
| weberian ossiclenoun | (ichthyology) One of a chain of small bones that connect the auditory system to the air bladder of teleost fishes. |
| endopterygoidnoun | A certain jaw bone in reptiles or fish. |
| otocephalannoun | Any fish of the clade Otocephala. |
| oplegnathidnoun | (zoology) Any fish in the family Oplegnathidae. |
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