How do you use Opercula in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Opercula meaning
plural of operculum
Using Opercula
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of operculum
Context around Opercula
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Opercula
- In this selection, "opercula" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 17 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, differentiated and fully stand out and add context to how "opercula" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and their opercula fully expanded and ventrally differentiated opercula with the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "opercula" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with opercula
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They swim with their mouth wide open and their opercula fully expanded. (12 words)
Hyolitha have dorso-ventrally differentiated opercula, with the ventral surface of the shell extending forwards to form a shelf termed the ligula. (22 words)
Hyolitha have dorso-ventrally differentiated opercula, with the ventral surface of the shell extending forwards to form a shelf termed the ligula. (22 words)
They swim with their mouth wide open and their opercula fully expanded. (12 words)
Example sentences (2)
Hyolitha have dorso-ventrally differentiated opercula, with the ventral surface of the shell extending forwards to form a shelf termed the ligula.
They swim with their mouth wide open and their opercula fully expanded.