| a. | 1. | (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses. |
| 2. | (Zool.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; - said of shells and of fishes. |
| Adj. | 1. | operculate - having an operculum Synonyms: operculated |
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