operculate

[ oh-pur-kyuh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

1. having an operculum.

Word History and Origins

Origin of operculate¹

1765–75; < Latin opercul ( um ) cover ( operculum ) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

Mucronalia, foot reduced, but still operculate, eyes present, animal fixed by its very long proboscis which is deeply buried in the tissues of an Echinoderm, no pseudopallium.

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If it has been starved for several days in an aquarium it will attack an operculate form, but rarely with success.

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Sometimes at the place where they exist, the outer membrane, in place of being thin and transparent, is separated in the form of a lid, thus becoming operculate, as in the passion-flower and gourd.

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The small operculate genus Acme is a similar case.

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We are not aware that operculate asci have yet been detected.

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