Op"er*a*to*ry (?), n. A laboratory. [Obs.]

O"per*cle (?), n. [Cf.F. opercule. See Operculum.] 1. (Anat.) Any one

of the bony plates which support the gill covers of fishes; an

opercular bone.

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