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Webster 1913 Edition
Operculated
{
O-per′cu-late
,O-per′cu-laˊted
, }Adj.
[L.
operculatus
, p. p. of operculare
to furnish with a lid, fr. operculum
lid.] 1.
(Bot.)
Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.
2.
(Zool.)
Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; – said of shells and of fishes.