📖 Definitions of "Opercular"
noun
- 1
The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
adjective
- 1
Of or pertaining to the operculum.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Opercular"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| paleaenoun | (botany) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. |
| subopercular | (anatomy) Situated below the operculum. |
| preopercularnoun | (anatomy) The preoperculum. |
| ocellarnoun | of or relating to the ocellus or ocelli |
| ocellorbital | Relating to the ocellus and the orbit of the eye |
| ocellary | of or relating to the ocellus or ocelli |
| oculistic | Relating to oculism. |
| ocellocular | Relating to the ocellus and the eye |
| operonic | Relating to operons |
| oculoplasticnoun | Relating to oculoplastics. |
| osphradial | (zoology) Of or relating to the osphradium. |
| operatorynoun | (medicine) A room in which a dentist (or assistant) performs tasks on the patient. [from 20th c.] |
| opisthosomal | Relating to the opisthosoma. |
| oculopalpebral | (anatomy) Relating to the eye and the eyelid. |
| oologic | Relating to oology |
| operadic | (mathematics) Of or pertaining to operads. |
| opisthobranchiatenoun | (zoology, obsolete) One of the Opisthobranchia. |
| ocelloccipital | Relating to the ocellus and the occiput |
| exopoditic | (zoology) Relating to the exopodite. |
| ostiolar | Of or pertaining to the ostiole. |
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