Word.ws English Dictionary

preopercle

preopercle noun: the preoperculum.

Noun

preopercle (plural preopercles)

  1. The preoperculum.

Forms of preopercle

pluralpreopercles

Origin of preopercle

From pre- + opercle.

Questions about preopercle

What does preopercle mean?
Preopercle means the preoperculum.
What part of speech is preopercle?
Preopercle is a noun.
What is the plural of preopercle?
The plural of preopercle is preopercles.

Words near preopercle in the dictionary

  1. preoperationally
  2. preoperative
  3. preoperatively
  4. preoperatives
  5. preoperatory
  6. preopercle
  7. preopercles
  8. preopercula
  9. preopercular
  10. preoperculars
  11. preopercule

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preopercle (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “preopercle.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/preopercle. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.