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Meaning of "opercular" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPERCULAR

opercular  [əʊˈpɜːkjʊlɪt;] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPERCULAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Opercular is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OPERCULAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Operculum

An operculum is a small covering or lid, and is widely used in descriptions of animals and plants. Operculum may refer to: In human biology: ▪ Operculum, the cervical mucus plug that blocks the cervix of the uterus after conception ▪ Operculum, the part of the brain covering the insula ▪ Operculum, a small flap of tissue which may cover an erupting or partially erupted molar In animal biology: ▪ Operculum, a structure resembling a lid or a small door that opens and closes ▪ Operculum, a flap of the bony fish covering the gills ▪ Operculum, a lid on the shell of some gastropods ▪ Operculum, a structure which covers the nares of some birds ▪ Operculum, a lid on the orifice of some bryozoans ▪ Operculum, the anterior end of the fruit fly puparium, through which the adult fly emerges In botany: ▪ Operculum, various lids and flaps pertaining to plants, algae and fungi...

Definition of opercular in the English dictionary

The first definition of opercular in the dictionary is of or relating to the hard bony flap covering the gill slits in fishes. Other definition of opercular is of or relating to the bony plate in certain gastropods covering the opening of the shell when the body is withdrawn. Opercular is also of or relating to the covering of the spore-bearing capsule of a moss.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPERCULAR


areolar
əˈrɪəlɪt;
diophysite
daɪˈɒfɪˌzaɪt;

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPERCULAR

operatise
operative
operative word
operatively
operativeness
operativity
operatize
operator
operatorless
opercula
operculate
opercule
operculum
opere buffe
opere serie
operetta
operettist
operon
operose
operosely

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPERCULAR

articular
auricular
binocular
calcular
cardiovascular
circular
curricular
in particular
molecular
muscular
ocular
particular
perpendicular
popular
secular
spectacular
testicular
vascular
vehicular
ventricular
vernacular

Synonyms and antonyms of opercular in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «opercular» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPERCULAR

Find out the translation of opercular to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of opercular from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «opercular» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鳃盖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

opercular
570 millions of speakers

English

opercular
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

opercular
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وصادي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Крышечный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

opercular
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

opercular
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opercule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beroperasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kiemendeckel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ふたの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아가미
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Operasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

opercular
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

opercular
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संचालक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

solungaç
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

opercolare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opercular
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кришковим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

operculare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

opercular
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opercular
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

opercular
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opercular
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of opercular

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPERCULAR»

The term «opercular» is normally little used and occupies the 121.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPERCULAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «opercular» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «opercular» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about opercular

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPERCULAR»

Discover the use of opercular in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to opercular and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Biology: A Functional Approach
2) OC expanding, acquires negative pressure ; opercular valve closes. 3) Negative pressure in OC falls below that of BC which has begun to contract. Result : water sucked into OC from BC 4) BC contracting, acquires positive pressure; mouth ...
M. B. V. Roberts, 1986
2
Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment
Water pumping To move water over the gills, teleost fish use a combined pumping action of the mouth and the opercular covers, aided by suitable valves to control the flow. A model of this pump is shown in Figure 1.9. The system actually ...
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, 1997
3
New Scientist
During the inspiratory phase the buccal cavity expands and water enters through the mouth. At the same time the opercular cavities expand, but water cannot enter through their external openings because a thin membrane around the outer ...
4
Ichthyology Handbook
Water is usually taken through the mouth, flows through a buccal cavity, is passed over the gills into an opercular cavity, and leaves through common opercular openings on either side of the body. There are specific differences in the degree of ...
B.G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, 2004
5
Gaining Ground: The Origin and Evolution of Tetrapods
Diagrammatic horizontal sections through a fish's buccal and opercular chambers. (A) System at rest. (B) Mouth opens and buccal chamber expands, lowering the pressure, so water enters the mouth. Pressure in the opercular chamber is also ...
Jennifer A. Clack, 2012
6
ICA of fMRI studies: new approaches and cutting edge ...
... Cerebellum Cingulo-opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo- opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo- opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo-opercular Cingulo- opercular ...
Veronika Schöpf, Simon D. Robinson, 2014
7
Essential AS Biology
They are protected by a bony flap called the operculum, which has an opening called the opercular valve. 6.3.3 Ventilation of the gills To draw water over the gills, the opercular valve is closed and the mouth is opened. The floor of the buccal ...
A. G. Toole, Glenn Toole, S. M. Toole, 2002
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The Physiology of Fishes, Third Edition
FIGURE 3.8 Examples of reduced opercular apertures in fishes. A: Batistes; B: Mola; C: Diodon; D: Oslra- cion; E: Antennarius, note gill opening (O) is on pectoral fin. reduced opercular opening (Figure 3.8). A survey of the teleost families ...
David H. Evans, James B. Claiborne, 2005
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The Laboratory Fish
Posterior to the suspensoria and covering the gill arches on either side of the head are the opercular— branchiostegal series; a series of plate-like dermal bones (Figure 6.1 ). The largest and dorsalmost components are the three opercular ...
Gary Kent Ostrander, 2000
10
FISH PHYSIOLOGY V10B
(1977) proved that opercular epithelia transported chloride outwards, and later that the density of chloride cells was proportional to the rate of chloride transport ( Karnaky et al., 1979, 1984). It is again surprising and perhaps serendipitous that  ...
William Stewart Hoar, Hoar, David J. Randall, 1984

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPERCULAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term opercular is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The French Angelfish: As pretty as a picture
I saw then what the pre-opercular spines were used for; when they were removed from the end of a spear or from a fish trap, the unwary hunter ... «Cayman Compass, Oct 14»
2
Sen. Enrile asks for hospital arrest
... luminal plaques of proximal middle segments of basilar artery, both horizontal and insular opercular branches of middle cerebral arteries. «GMA News, Jul 14»
3
The legal savvy of JPE
... luminal plaques, of proximal middle segments of basilar artery, both horizontal and insular opercular branches of middle cerebral arteries.”. «Rappler, Jul 14»
4
PNP Custodial Center could get too hot for Enrile
... luminal plaques of proximal middle segments of basilar artery, both horizontal and insular opercular branches of middle cerebral arteries. «GMA News, Jun 14»
5
Enrile cites bad health in asking Sandiganbayan to grant him bail
... luminal plaques of proximal middle segments of basilar artery, both horizontal and insular opercular branches of middle cerebral arteries. «GMA News, Jun 14»
6
This Fish Can Support 300 Times Its Weight With a Super Suction Cup
“In this case there's been an adaptation of some kind of dermal gland at the base of one of these opercular spines to produce venom,” he said. «Wired, Jun 14»
7
'Tiny, tenacious and tentatively toxic:' Texas A&M scientist makes …
Conway explained that most of the world's 2,000-plus venomous species of fishes deliver their venom using a modified fin ray, sharp opercular ... «Texas A&M University, May 14»
8
'Rich club' brain network grows richer with age
Connections between two regions, the somatosensory and the cingulo-opercular systems, are also stronger in adults than in children. «SFARI News, Mar 14»
9
Disproving Hollywood Stereotypes: The Bare Bones of Piranha …
By measuring an individual's 'opercular rate' (i.e. how fast they are breathing - a proxy for fearfulness) when alone and when in different sized ... «Scientific American, Feb 14»
10
Monkeys And Humans Share Many Brain Similarities, But Not All
... sulcus and ventrally by the lateral orbital sulcus and the border between the dorsal insula and the opercular cortex. (B) A schematic depiction ... «RedOrbit, Jan 14»

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