suboperculum

English

In this diagram, the suboperculum is lablled with the number 7, and represented in pink. The operculum is represented with the number 6 and represented in yellow

Etymology

From sub- +‎ operculum.

Noun

suboperculum (plural subopercula)

1. (anatomy) The lower opercular bone in fishes.

   Synonym: subopercular

References

• “suboperculum”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.