kyə adjective
having an operculum.
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operculum (əʊˈpɜːkjʊləm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -la, -lums | |
| 1. | zoology |
| a. the hard bony flap covering the gill slits in fishes | |
| b. the bony plate in certain gastropods covering the opening of the shell when the body is withdrawn | |
| 2. | botany the covering of the spore-bearing capsule of a moss |
| 3. | biology any other covering or lid in various organisms |
| [C18: via New Latin from Latin: lid, from operīre to cover] | |
| o'percular | |
| —adj | |
| operculate | |
| —adj | |
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Operculate
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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