occlude
verb (used with object)
to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
occludent
-
a word derived from
occlude.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The occludent segment is narrowly bow-shaped, pointed at both ends, with the upper end projecting slightly beyond the apex of the lateral segment, and with the occludent margin regularly curved from end to end.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The two occludent margins, generally meet each other at about right angles, forming a small triangular projection; in L. fascicularis, however, the occludent margin is formed by a single, slightly curved line.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Terga rather wide; basal angle blunt; angle formed by the two occludent margins blunt and rounded.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Terga, large, flat, triangular; carinal margin slightly hollowed out; occludent margin slightly arched, with a small portion protuberant to a variable amount.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
