operculum

1. A lid or flap covering an aperture, such as the gill cover in some fishes or the horny shell cover in snails or other mollusks.

2. a body process or part that suggests a lid as.

3. A horny or shelly plate on the posterior dorsal surface of the foot in many gastropod mollusks that closes the shell when the animal is retracted.

4. The covering of the gills of a fish .

5. A lid or covering flap (as of a moss capsule).

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
operculum	15	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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croupe	10
cuprum	12
cupule	10
curule	8
lumper	10
pumelo	10
recoup	10
rumple	10
upcurl	10

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
clumper	13
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crumple	13

9 Letters	Scrabble® Points
operculum	15