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

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

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External aperture of ear always very large, frequently excessive, simple or operculate.

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Nostrils basal, round operculate, partially concealed by the reversed bristly feathers.

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Operculate, furnished with a lid (Operculum), as the spore-case of Mosses, 163.

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