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Showing words for OPERCULUM using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Operculum

operculum

7 Letter Words for Operculum

clumper, couleur, coulure, coupler, coupure, crumple, pleurum

6 Letter Words for Operculum

clerum, coleur, colure, compel, comper, cormel, couper, couple, croupe, cuerpo, culpeo, cuprum, cupule, curpel, curple, curule, lucrum, lucumo, lumper, morule, plumer, porule, poucer, pumelo, recoup, replum, rumple, upcome, upcurl

5 Letter Words for Operculum

celom, ceorl, clomp, clour, clump, comer, coper, corpl, coupe, coure, crome, croup, cruel, crump, cumol, cupel, eprom, epulo, erump, lemur, leuco, locum, loper, lorum, loupe, loure, lucre, merop, moler, molpe, moper, morel, moule, mucor, mucro, oleum, opelu, ploce, plume, pocul, poler, pomel, pouce, poule, proem, prole, proul, pucer, puler, pulmo, remop, rompu, roule, ulcer

4 Letter Words for Operculum

cero, clem, clep, clop, clou, clue, clum, cole, colp, come, coml, comp, comr, cope, copr, core, corm, corp, coue, coul, coup, cour, crop, crpe, crue, crum, crup, culm, culp, cump, cure, curl, ecol, ecru, eorl, eruc, euro, lerp, lome, lope, lore, loup, lour, luce, lump, lupe, lure, merc, merl, mero, mole, mope, more, moue, moul, moup, mule, mure, murl, olpe, omer, opec, orle, pelu, perm, peru, plum, plur, poem, pole, pome, porc, pore, pour, prec, prem, proc, prom, puce, puer, pule, pulu, pure, purl, repl, repo, role, rome, romp, rope, roue, roul, roum, roup, rule, rume, rump, ulmo, urol

3 Letter Words for Operculum

cel, ceo, cep, cer, clo, clr, cml, col, com, cop, cor, cpl, cpm, cpo, cpr, cpu, crl, cro, cru, cue, cul, cum, cup, cur, ecm, eco, ecu, elm, emo, emp, emu, eom, lcm, lem, leo, lep, ler, leu, loc, loe, lop, lor, lpm, lue, lum, luo, lur, mel, mer, meu, moc, moe, mol, mop, mor, mou, oer, ole, olm, olp, ope, orc, ore, orl, oup, our, pcm, pec, pel, per, plu, pol, pom, por, prc, pre, pro, pul, pur, rec, rel, rem, rep, rle, roc, roe, rom, rpm, ruc, rue, rum, ule, ulu, ume, ump, umu, upo, ure, urp

Definitions for Operculum

[1] Botany , Zoology . a part or organ serving as a lid or cover, as a covering flap on a seed vessel.
[2] Zoology . the gill cover of fishes and amphibians. (in many gastropods) a horny plate that closes the opening of the shell when the animal is retracted.
[3] zoology the hard bony flap covering the gill slits in fishes the bony plate in certain gastropods covering the opening of the shell when the body is withdrawn
[4] botany the covering of the spore-bearing capsule of a moss
[5] biology any other covering or lid in various organisms

Words nearby Operculum

operator gene, operatory, opercle, operculate, operculitis, operculum, opere citato, operetta, operon, operose, opers

Origin of Operculum

1705–15; < New Latin, Latin: lid, cover, equivalent to oper(īre ) to cover + -culum -cule2

Other words from Operculum

o·per·cu·lar , adjective
o•per′ cu•lar (-lər ) adj.

Word origin for Operculum

C18: via New Latin from Latin: lid, from operīre to cover