Associations to the word «Epiphragm»

Wiktionary

EPIPHRAGM, noun. A dry layer of mucus used by a snail or mollusk to seal itself inside its shell during hibernation.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.