Operculate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. (Zool.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for
        protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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