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covercles

covercles is the plural of covercle.

Meaning of covercle

Noun

covercle (plural covercles)

  1. (obsolete) A small cover; a lid.
    • the covercle of a shell-fishc. 1683 (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the page)”, in [Thomas Tenison], editor, Certain Miscellany Tracts, London: […] Charles Mearn, […], published 1683, →OCLC

Questions about covercles

What is covercles the plural of?
Covercles is the plural of covercle.

Words near covercles in the dictionary

  1. coverboards
  2. coverbs
  3. coverchief
  4. coverchiefs
  5. covercle
  6. covercles
  7. covercoat
  8. covercosine
  9. covercosines
  10. Coverdale
  11. Coverdales

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