Opercle definition

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opercle \O"per*cle\, n. [Cf. F. opercule. See {Operculum}.]
     1. (Anat.) Any one of the bony plates which support the gill
        covers of fishes; an opercular bone.
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     2. (Zool.) An operculum.


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