occludent

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In conformity with the shape of the cavity, the orifice or notch in the occludent margin of the scutum, is situated at the point where the preparatory furrow sweeps round and enters.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The tergum, measured in a straight line, equals in length two thirds of the occludent segment of the scutum, the handle being rather narrower than this same segment.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The males are placed with their orifices in a little notch in the occludent margin, and their prehensile antenn� at the further end.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

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

Complemental Male flask-formed, with four rudimentary valves; no mouth; cirri not prehensile; attached to the occludent margin of the scutum, near the umbo.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles