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Operculate
Operculate O*per"cu*late, Operculated O*per"cu*la`ted, a.
[L. operculatus, p. p. of operculare to furnish with a lid,
fr. operculum lid.]
1. (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the
mosses.
2. (Zo["o]l.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for
protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
Meaning of Operculate from wikipedia
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important in
intertidal marine snails during low tide, and this also
enables operculate freshwater and land
snails to
survive periods of
drought and dry weather...
- Ser**** vermicularis,
known by
common names including the
calcareous tubeworm, fan worm,
plume worm or red tube worm, is a
species of
segmented marine...
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species of very
small fresh water snail with an operculum, an
aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the
family Hydrobiidae.
Species in the
genus Rifia...
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mechanisms that can be
grouped into the
broad categories of
operculate or inoperculate.
Operculate discharge involves the
complete or
incomplete detachment...
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Larina is a
genus of
large operculate freshwater snails,
aquatic gastropod molluscs in the
family Viviparidae.
Species within the
genus Larina include...
- unitunicate-
operculate ascus has a "lid", the Operculum,
which breaks open when the
spores are
mature and
allows the
spores to escape. Unitunicate-
operculate asci...
- America, and
South America.
Tendrillate vines,
their prickly fruits are
operculate, with the
prickles themselves being stipitate glandular.
Currently accepted...
- Some
important groups in
Pezizomycotina include:
Pezizomycetes (the
operculate discomycetes),
Leotiomycetes (the
inoperculate discomycetes), Laboulbeniomycetes...
- Viviparidae,
commonly called river snails or
mystery snails, are a
family of
freshwater snails with
gills and a
protective lid (operculum).
Recent studies...
-
Cyclophorus is a
genus of
operculate land snails,
terrestrial gastropod mollusks in the
family Cyclophoridae.
Species in the
genus Cyclophorus include:...
