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Etymology

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opercular +‎ -ly

Adverb

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opercularly (not comparable)

  1. In opercular fashion.
    • 1987, Carol Lee Tyler, Individual Recognition in Jewel Fish, page 76:
      Flight to all models was hypothesized, in a graduated decrease in strength from the model with opercularly placed eyes to the single-eyed model.