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opercularly

opercularly adverb: in opercular fashion.

Adverb

opercularly (not comparable)

  1. In opercular fashion.
    • Flight to all models was hypothesized, in a graduated decrease in strength from the model with opercularly placed eyes to the single-eyed model.1987, Carol Lee Tyler, Individual Recognition in Jewel Fish, page 76

Origin of opercularly

From opercular + -ly.

Questions about opercularly

What does opercularly mean?
Opercularly means in opercular fashion.
What part of speech is opercularly?
Opercularly is an adverb.

Words near opercularly in the dictionary

  1. opercles
  2. opercula
  3. opercular
  4. opercularisation
  5. opercularization
  6. opercularly
  7. operculars
  8. operculate
  9. operculated
  10. operculates
  11. operculation

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