opercular in English

adjective

[əʊ'pɜrkjələ(r) /ɒ'pɜːkjʊl-]

of an operculum, of a body part which serves as a covering (Anatomy, Botany, and Zoology)

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1. Opercular scales: H:W of Abaxials; inner keel Coenenchymal scales Other distinctive characteristics N

2. The Antheridium also opens by a single, nearly triangular opercular cell (Fig

3. ‘In amphibians, the Columella shares the oval window with a second bone, the operculum, which communicates by way of an opercular muscle with the pectoral girdle.’

4. Opercular scales triangular and symmetrical, the adaxial operculars up to 0.4 mm tall, the Abaxials 0.55 mm in height; all operculars similar in shape, having a L:W of 1.8–1.9

5. The Actinosts normal; the cranium with the condyle confined to the basioccipital (ill defined); the exoccipitals coalesced with the epiotics and opisthotics; the vomer obsolete; the opercular apparatus com- 1889.] Zoology

6. Other articles where Columella is discussed: amphibian: Common features: …unique to lissamphibians is the Columella-opercular complex, a pair of elements associated with the auditory capsule that transmit airborne (Columella) or seismic (operculum) signals.

7. ‘Two muscles are key to dorsoventral expansion of the Buccal cavity, which characterizes the expansive phase of a suction-feeding event in zebrafish larvae.’ ‘The first phase is the suction phase, in which the Buccal and opercular cavities expand and water is drawn in.’