opérculo

== Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin operculum. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: o‧pér‧cu‧lo === Noun === opérculo m (plural opérculos) (biology) operculum (flap-like cover in some animals and plants) === Further reading === “opérculo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “opérculo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin operculum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /oˈpeɾkulo/ [oˈpeɾ.ku.lo] Rhymes: -eɾkulo Syllabification: o‧pér‧cu‧lo === Noun === opérculo m (plural opérculos) operculum [from 1495] === Further reading === “opérculo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025