occlude
verb (used with object)
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
occludent
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a word derived from
occlude.
Example Sentences
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The occludent segments of the scuta, and nearly the whole of the terga, and the whole of the carina, enveloped in lemon-yellow membrane, tinged with orange, but the specimen had long been kept dry.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Scuta with the occludent margin either considerably curved or nearly straight.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
General Appearance.—Capitulum more or less elongated relatively to its breadth; in two specimens, with scuta of equal width, one was longer than the other by the whole of the occludent margin of the terga.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In very young specimens the basal segment is very small compared to the occludent.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Scuta, with the occludent margin rounded and protuberant to a variable degree, but always leaving a rather wide space between the margin, and the ridge which runs from the umbo to the apex; apex pointed.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
