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Merriam Webster's
noun Etymology: Greek epiphragma covering Date: circa 1854 a closing membrane or septum (as of a snail shell or a moss capsule)
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Epiphragm Ep"i*phragm, n. [Gr. ? a covering, lid, fr. ? to block up.] (Zo["o]l.) A membranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or [ae]stivation.
