Operculate
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Operculate is an adjective meaning (zoology or botany) Having an operculum.
Meaning
(zoology or botany) Having an operculum.
More Meanings
- (zoology) Any gastropod mollusc that has an operculum
- (obsolete, rare) To cover with a lid.
Word Forms
- operculates
- operculating
- operculated
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include snails, opercled, oculiferous, binocellate, octopoidal, octopusial.
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