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Webster 1913 Edition

Epiphragm

Ep′i-phragm

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] a covering, lid, fr. [GREEK] to block up.]

(Zoöl.)

A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or estivation.