operculate

American  

[oh-pur-kyuh-lit, -leyt] / oʊˈpɜr kyə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

Also operculated

adjective

1. having an operculum.

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Etymology

Origin of operculate

1765–75; < Latin opercul ( um ) cover ( see operculum) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

In the western provinces species of Buliminus are abundant, and in the operculate group Heudeia forms a peculiar type akin to Helicina, but with internal foldings to the shell.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 2 "Chicago, University of" to "Chiton" by Various

We are not aware that operculate asci have yet been detected.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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

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

The small operculate genus Acme is a similar case.

From The History of the European Fauna by Scharff, Robert Francis