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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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