operculate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective having an operculum
    operculated.

WordNet


O*per"cu*late, O*per"cu*la`ted adjective (Also<
  • Operculate
  • Operculated
)
Etymology
L. operculatus, p.p. of operculare to furnish with a lid, fr. operculum lid.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.
  2. (Zoöl.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.

Webster 1913