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preoperculum

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Etymology

From pre- +‎ operculum.

Noun

preoperculum (plural preoperculums or preopercula)

(anatomy) The anterior opercular bone in fishes.

Related terms

suboperculum

References

“preoperculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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