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English
Etymology
From ab- + opercular.
Adjective
abopercular (not comparable)
- (biology, physiology, medicine, parasitology) On the opposite side from the opercular side.
2014, Andrew D. Winters, Mohamed Faisal, “Molecular and ultrastructural characterization of Haplosporidium diporeiae n. sp., a parasite of Diporeia sp. (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) in the Laurentian Great Lakes (USA).”, in Parasites and Vectors, →DOI:Thin filaments (70 nm) composed of spore wall material were observed projecting from an abopercular thickening of the spore wall.