Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having an operculum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An operculated gastropod.
- Having an operculum; operculigerous; specifically, of or pertaining to the Operculata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having an
operculum - noun Any
gastropod mollusc that has an operculum
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having an operculum
Etymologies
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Examples
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This species is notable for a hinged operculate flap attached to the main shell, a unique feature among the Gastropoda.
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
Ümit and his scorpion AYDIN 2006
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia occulta AYDIN 2006
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
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An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia ...
An operculate snail far from the sea: Hendersonia occulta AYDIN 2006
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