Operculate

Definition of Operculate

O`per´cu`late
a.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.

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operculated, operculum
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