Definition of "apertures" []

• Plural form of aperture. (noun)

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• "L.R. M.N. NG. which are owing to vibrations of certain apertures of the mouth and nose, and are so slow, that the intervals between them are perceived; the sibilant sounds; which"
• "In an atmosphere where no one can truly be reflexive enough, where there always remain apertures for hegemonic forces to invade and occupy those cultural watchdogs whose very raison d'etre is to exclude such invasions, and where, invariably, some one else finds the weakness of one's position, despite the most disciplined self-surveillanceevidence of the catastrophe of a momentary lapseunder these conditions, opponents, indeed, begin to resemble each other, and straiten the general ecology of criticism."
• "In summary, the study demonstrated is that some B. minima survive the attacks of a predator, because the snails can withdraw to a position about a quarter of a whorl behind their apertures, which is possible because they have oversized shells."