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the gill slits in fishes the bony plate in certain gastropods covering the opening of the shell when the body is withdrawn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
