abopercular

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ab- +‎ opercular

Adjective[edit]

abopercular (not comparable)

  1. (biology, physiology, medicine, parasitology) On the opposite side from the opercular side.
    • 2014, Andrew D. Winters, Mohamed Faisal, “Molecular and ultrastructural characterization of Haplosporidium diporeiae n. sp., a parasite of Diporeia sp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) in the Laurentian Great Lakes (USA).”, in Parasites and Vectors‎[1], →DOI:
      Thin filaments (70 nm) composed of spore wall material were observed projecting from an abopercular thickening of the spore wall.
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