operculate
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of operculate
1765–75; < Latin opercul ( um ) cover ( see operculum) + -ate 1
Example Sentences
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If it has been starved for several days in an aquarium it will attack an operculate form, but rarely with success.
From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson
We are not aware that operculate asci have yet been detected.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
Another truly Alpine genus, says Dr. Kobelt, is the operculate Pomatias, which in its geographical distribution offers some interesting modifications from that of Campylaea.
From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis
Mucronalia, foot reduced, but still operculate, eyes present, animal fixed by its very long proboscis which is deeply buried in the tissues of an Echinoderm, no pseudopallium.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
The small operculate genus Acme is a similar case.
From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis
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