PREOPERCLE


Meaning of PREOPERCLE in English

(|)prē+ noun

also pre·operculum | ̷ ̷+

( plural preopercles also preopercula )

Etymology: New Latin preoperculum, from pre- + operculum

: a flat membrane bone in the gill cover of most fishes lying immediately in front of the opercle

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