ἐπικάλυμμα

English (LSJ)

[κᾰ], ατος, τό,

   A cover, veil, πλοῦτος πολλῶν ἐ. ἐστιν κακῶν Men.90.    II. in animals, covering of any orifice, of the gills of fish, Arist.HA505a1, PA696b3; of the opercula of crabs and other crustacea, Id.HA527b26, 541b26, cf. 530a21.

German (Pape)

[Seite 945] τό, das Darübergedeckte, die Decke, Deckmantel, Menand. Stob. fl. 91, 19. Bei Arist. H. A. 5, 7 heißt der Krebsschwanz so.