Difference between revisions of "aperture"
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|etymology=Latin <i>aperire</i>, to open | |etymology=Latin <i>aperire</i>, to open | ||
| − | |definition=1. An opening or hole, cleft, or gap. | + | |definition=1. An opening or hole, [[cleft]], or [[gap]]. |
| − | 2. ([[Arthropoda]]: Crustacea) The postero-ventral opening into the mantle cavity of barnacles | + | 2. ([[Arthropoda]]: [[Crustacea]]) The postero-[[ventral]] opening into the [[mantle cavity]] of barnacles |
| − | |see also=[[orifice]]. 3. ([[Bryozoa]]: Stenolaemata) The terminal skeletal opening of a zooid. 4. ([[Mollusca]]) An opening at the last-formed margin of a shell, providing the outlet for the head-foot mass. | + | |see also=[[orifice]]. 3. ([[Bryozoa]]: [[Stenolaemata]]) The [[terminal]] [[skeletal]] opening of a [[zooid]]. 4. ([[Mollusca]]) An opening at the last-formed [[margin]] of a [[shell]], providing the outlet for the [[head]]-[[foot]] mass. |
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Latest revision as of 23:39, 13 September 2013
aperture (noun; Latin aperire, to open): 1. An opening or hole, cleft, or gap.2. (Arthropoda: Crustacea) The postero-ventral opening into the mantle cavity of barnacles
See also: orifice. 3. (Bryozoa: Stenolaemata) The terminal skeletal opening of a zooid. 4. (Mollusca) An opening at the last-formed margin of a shell, providing the outlet for the head-foot mass.
