Hypertext Webster Gateway: "operculated"

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) 1.7 (wn)

operculated
adj : having an operculum [syn: {operculate}]


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