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Noun [English]

IPA: /əʊˈpɜː.kjʊ.ləm/ [UK], /oʊˈpɝ.kjə.ləm/ [US] Forms: opercula [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin operculum. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|operculum}} Latin operculum Head templates: {{en-noun|opercula}} operculum (plural opercula)
  1. (zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover. Categories (topical): Zoology, Anatomy Translations ((zoology) covering flap in animals): hmuqatix̂ (Aleut), opercle [masculine] (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (yǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), skřele (Czech), žaberní víčko (Czech), kiduskansi (note: in fish) (Finnish), opercule [masculine] (French), lannach [masculine] (Irish), clúidín [masculine] (Irish), opercolo [masculine] (Italian), bleayst [feminine] (Manx), kōrama (in shellfish) (Maori), kata (of shellfish) (Maori), درپوش (darpuš) (Persian), opérculo [masculine] (Portuguese), оболо́чка (obolóčka) [feminine] (Russian), покры́шка (pokrýška) [feminine] (Russian), жа́берная кры́шка (žábernaja krýška) (english: gill cover) [feminine] (Russian), opérculo [masculine] (Spanish), unya (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-61oU4VgT Disambiguation of Anatomy: 31 11 19 4 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Aleut translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 17 13 12 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 40 16 15 13 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 14 12 11 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 15 12 14 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Aleut translations: 39 17 13 15 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 37 18 13 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 36 20 15 11 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 37 18 13 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 38 16 15 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 37 18 13 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 40 16 13 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 36 24 12 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 37 18 13 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 37 18 13 14 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 37 19 13 14 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 21 12 13 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 16 13 15 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 42 16 14 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 37 18 13 14 18 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology Disambiguation of '(zoology) covering flap in animals': 61 5 18 5 12
  2. (botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds. Categories (topical): Botany, Anatomy Translations ((botany) lidlike portion on a sporangium or fruit that detaches): درپوش (darpuš) (Persian)
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-AuAxv9rC Disambiguation of Anatomy: 31 11 19 4 34 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences Disambiguation of '(botany) lidlike portion on a sporangium or fruit that detaches': 15 65 8 4 9
  3. (dentistry) A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth. Categories (topical): Dentistry, Anatomy
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-0PdHCkFK Disambiguation of Anatomy: 31 11 19 4 34 Topics: dentistry, medicine, sciences
  4. A structure which serves as a cover or lid.
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-k1MewLz4
  5. (anatomy) One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula. Categories (topical): Anatomy, Anatomy, Plant anatomy
    Sense id: en-operculum-en-noun-vl9S1DTq Disambiguation of Anatomy: 31 11 19 4 34 Disambiguation of Plant anatomy: 21 19 17 2 40 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: operculiferous, operculitis, preoperculum, interoperculum, suboperculum Related terms: opercle

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /oˈper.ku.lum/ [Classical-Latin], [ɔˈpɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ] [Classical-Latin], /oˈper.ku.lum/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [oˈpɛrkulum] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From operiō (“I close”) + -culum. Etymology templates: {{affix|la|operiō|-culum|gloss1=I close}} operiō (“I close”) + -culum Head templates: {{la-noun|operculum<2>}} operculum n (genitive operculī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|operculum<2>}} Forms: operculī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], operculum [nominative, singular], opercula [nominative, plural], operculī [genitive, singular], operculōrum [genitive, plural], operculō [dative, singular], operculīs [dative, plural], operculum [accusative, singular], opercula [accusative, plural], operculō [ablative, singular], operculīs [ablative, plural], operculum [singular, vocative], opercula [plural, vocative]
  1. cover, covering Tags: declension-2, neuter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          },
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        }
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opérculo",
            "bor": "1"
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        }
      ],
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
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            "bor": "1"
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "operculō",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "operculīs",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "operculum",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "opercula",
      "source": "declension",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "operculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "operculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "operculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
  ],
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
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          "covering",
          "covering"
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        "declension-2",
        "neuter"
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      "ipa": "/oˈper.ku.lum/",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "[ɔˈpɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/oˈper.ku.lum/",
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      "ipa": "[oˈpɛrkulum]",
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}
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    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Aleut translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Manx translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Persian translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Tagalog translations",
    "en:Anatomy",
    "en:Plant anatomy"
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    },
    {
      "word": "operculitis"
    },
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      "word": "preoperculum"
    },
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      "word": "interoperculum"
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      "word": "suboperculum"
    }
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        "plural"
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          "ref": "2017 January 18, Susannah Lydon, The Guardian:",
          "text": "Hyoliths […] have a small, conical calcium carbonate shell, with a lid called an operculum.",
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          "zoology"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(zoology) A covering flap in animals, such as a gill cover."
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        "biology",
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        "zoology"
      ]
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      ],
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          "sporangium"
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          "fruit"
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          "detach",
          "detach"
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        [
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          "spore"
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          "seed"
        ]
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        "(botany) The lidlike portion of a moss sporangium or of a fruit that detaches to allow the dispersal of spores or seeds."
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        "biology",
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      "glosses": [
        "A gum flap covering (part of) a partially erupted tooth, usually a wisdom tooth."
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          "dentistry"
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        [
          "gum",
          "gum"
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          "wisdom tooth"
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        "sciences"
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        {
          "ref": "1900 December – 1901 August, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter IX, in The First Men in the Moon, London: George Newnes, […], published 1901, →OCLC, page 95:",
          "text": "I lifted the circular operculum from its place and laid it carefully on the bale.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A structure which serves as a cover or lid."
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        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "lid",
          "lid"
        ]
      ]
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        "One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula."
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        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ]
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        "(anatomy) One of several flaps of cerebral cortex covering the insula."
      ],
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        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əʊˈpɜː.kjʊ.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/oʊˈpɝ.kjə.ləm/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    {
      "code": "ale",
      "lang": "Aleut",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "hmuqatix̂"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opercle"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "厴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǎn",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "厣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "skřele"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "žaberní víčko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "in fish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "kiduskansi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opercule"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clúidín"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opercolo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bleayst"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "kōrama (in shellfish)"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "kata (of shellfish)"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "darpuš",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "درپوش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obolóčka",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оболо́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pokrýška",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "покры́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "gill cover",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žábernaja krýška",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "жа́берная кры́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "opérculo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "(zoology) covering flap in animals",
      "word": "unya"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "darpuš",
      "sense": "(botany) lidlike portion on a sporangium or fruit that detaches",
      "word": "درپوش"
    }
  ],
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    "operculum"
  ],
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}

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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            "3": "operculum",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: opercle, operculum",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: opercle, operculum"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "fr",
            "2": "opercule",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: opercule",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: opercule"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "opercolo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: opercolo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: opercolo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "opérculo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: opérculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: opérculo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "opérculo",
            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Spanish: opérculo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: opérculo"
    }
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      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "operculī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "opercula",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "operculī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "operculōrum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "opercula",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "operculō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "singular"
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        "ablative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "operculum",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "opercula",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    }
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "la",
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        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "cover, covering"
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        [
          "cover",
          "cover"
        ],
        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ]
      ],
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        "neuter"
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      "ipa": "/oˈper.ku.lum/",
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        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "[ɔˈpɛrkʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/oˈper.ku.lum/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
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      "ipa": "[oˈpɛrkulum]",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "operculum"
}

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