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adj
Having an operculum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences, zoology
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Synonyms: operculated
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any gastropod mollusc that has an operculum
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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verb
To cover with a lid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, rare
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adjective
having an operculum
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: operculated
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History
Borrowed from Latin operculātus, perfect passive participle of operculō (“to furnish with a lid”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from operculum (“lid”).
