Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

opercular

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables
op-er-cu-lar
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

relating to the operculum

noun

The principal opercular bone or operculum of fishes.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

operculars (plural)

Derived Forms

abopercular inopercular opercularization opercularly preopercular subopercular supraopercular

Phrases

cingulo-opercular

Questions

What does opercular mean?
relating to the operculum

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