How to pronounce “operculum”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover.
• (botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds.
• (dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth.
• A structure which serves as a cover or lid.
• (anatomy) One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula. (clarification of this definition is needed.)

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

operculum, speculum, oraculum, ossiculum, osculum, specula, saeculum, super villain, skellum, sequela