operculum
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Noun
- A hard flap serving as a cover for (a) the gill slits in fishes or (b) the opening of the shell in certain gastropods when the body is retracted
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| 1 | curriculum | 4 | 16 |
| 2 | copernicus | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | hopeful | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | perfume | 2 | 10 |
| 5 | perceptual | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | peru | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | perlman | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | pendulum | 3 | 2 |
| 9 | perusal | 3 | 2 |
| 10 | petroleum | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | plum | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | pullum | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | percle | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | pellum | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | pekrul | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | forcum | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | diverticulum | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | cullum | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | perulac | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | percell | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | erzurum | 3 | 0 |
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Fragments: 0
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Spelled Like: 21
Words that Follow: 0
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Constructional morphology, origin, and evolution of the gastropod operculum
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