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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.

Definition 2024


operculated

operculated

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Adjective

operculated (not comparable)

  1. operculate