abopercular

English

Etymology

ab- +‎ opercular

Adjective

abopercular (not comparable)

1. (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^[1], →DOI:

     Thin filaments (70 nm) composed of spore wall material were observed projecting from an abopercular thickening of the spore wall.