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operculate


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Operculate  \O*per"cu*late\,  Operculated  \O*per"cu*la`ted\,  a. 
  [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.  (Zo["o]l.)  Having  an  operculum,  or  an  apparatus  for 
  protecting  the  gills;  --  said  of  shells  and  of  fishes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  operculate 
  adj  :  having  an  operculum  [syn:  {operculated}] 




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