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abopercular

abopercular adjective: on the opposite side from the opercular side.

Adjective

abopercular (not comparable)

  1. On the opposite side from the opercular side.
    • Thin filaments (70 nm) composed of spore wall material were observed projecting from an abopercular thickening of the spore wall.2014, Andrew D. Winters, Mohamed Faisal, “Molecular and ultrastructural characterization of Haplosporidium diporeiae n. sp., a parasite of Diporeia sp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) in the Laurentian Great...

Origin of abopercular

From ab- + opercular.

Questions about abopercular

What does abopercular mean?
Abopercular means on the opposite side from the opercular side.
What part of speech is abopercular?
Abopercular is an adjective.

Words near abopercular in the dictionary

  1. aboods
  2. aboon
  3. aboord
  4. aboospore
  5. aboot
  6. abopercular
  7. Abor
  8. Abor-Miri
  9. aborad
  10. aboral
  11. aborally

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