cover slip

/ˌkʌvər slɪp/
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Other forms: cover slips

Definitions of cover slip
  1. noun
    a small and very thin piece of glass used to cover the specimen on a microscope slide
    synonyms: cover glass
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    type of:
    plate glass, sheet glass
    glass formed into large thin sheets
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