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operator gene |
operatory |
opercle |
opercula |
opercular |
operculate
| operculated
| operculiferous
| operculiform
| operculigenous
| operculum
operculate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective operculate has 1 sense
- operculate(a = adj.pert) operculated - having an operculum; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
operculate, a. [L. operculatus, p. p. of operculare to furnish with a lid, fr. operculum lid.].
- Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses. [1913 Webster]
- Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes. [1913 Webster]
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