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opercular

opercular adjective: relating to the operculum.

Adjective

opercular (not comparable)

  1. relating to the operculum
    • opercular bone
    • opercular cavity

Noun

opercular (plural operculars)

  1. The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.

opercular meaning in Tamil

opercular in Tamil

செவுள் மூடியுள்ள

Forms of opercular

pluraloperculars

Words formed from opercular

Questions about opercular

What does opercular mean?
Opercular means relating to the operculum.
What is opercular in Tamil?
Opercular in Tamil is செவுள் மூடியுள்ள. See Opercular meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is opercular?
Opercular can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near opercular in the dictionary

  1. operatrixes
  2. opercle
  3. opercled
  4. opercles
  5. opercula
  6. opercular
  7. opercularisation
  8. opercularization
  9. opercularly
  10. operculars
  11. operculate

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Adapted from Wiktionary: opercular (page history and authors); opercular (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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