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Operculi

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levatornounAny of several muscles whose contraction causes the raising of a part of the body.
operculanounopercules
operculumnoun(zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.
operculate(zoology or botany) Having an operculum.
opercularnoun(anatomy) The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.
loculinounA little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
oculinoun(architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
colliculinoun
operose(now rare) Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious.
annulinounA ring- or donut-shaped area, object, or structure.
sacculinoun(obsolete) A small bag of herbs or medicinal substances, applied to the body.
operclenoun(anatomy, zoology) An operculum.
oculinanoun
canaliculinoun(anatomy) Any of many small canals or ducts in the body, such as in the bone, or in some plants.
operonsnounA unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.
opusculanounopuscules
copulaenoun
maculaenoun(anatomy) An oval yellow spot near the center of the retina of the human eye, histologically defined as having two or more layers of ganglion cells, responsible for detailed central vision.
plicaenounA fold or crease, especially of skin or other tissue.
scleraenoun

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