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operatory |
opercle |
opercula |
opercular |
operculate |
operculated
| operculiferous
| operculiform
| operculigenous
| operculum
| operetta
operculated
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective operculated has 1 sense
- operculated(a = adj.pert) operculate - having an operculum; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
operculated, 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]
ROGET THESAURUS
operculated
Closure
N closure, occlusion, blockade, shutting up, obstruction, embolus, contraction, infarction, constipation, obstipation, blind alley, blind corner, keddah, cul-de-sac, caecum, imperforation, imperviousness, impermeability, stopper, closed, shut, operculated, unopened, unpierced, imporous, caecal, closable, imperforate, impervious, impermeable, impenetrable, impassable, unpassable, invious, pathless, wayless, untrodden, untrod, unventilated, air tight, water tight, hermetically sealed, tight, snug.
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