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Definition of Operculate
1. Adjective. Having an operculum.
Definition of Operculate
1. a. Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.
Definition of Operculate
1. Adjective. Having an operculum ¹
2. Noun. Any gastropod mollusc that has as operculum ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Operculate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Operculate
Literary usage of Operculate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of the Mosses of North America by Leo Lesquereux, Thomas Potts James (1884)
"... the leaves are entire at the apex, or nearly so, and the form of the operculate
capsule is nearly the same. It differs, however, in the larger leaves, ..."
2. Amaryllidaceae: Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous by William Herbert (1837)
"... operculate. Having such a prominent point to the ovary. Ovate. Egg-shaped,
the base broadest. Oval. Egg-shaped, attenuated equally at both ends. ..."
3. Report (1900)
"In the operculate family of the ... The remaining family of operculate mollusks
represented in our fauna, ..."
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