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Definition of Operculated

Operculated
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 Operculated from wikipedia

- Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies. This operculated species attains a size of 210 mm. Australia. Saginafusus pricei (E.A...
- 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...
- Operculated sulcus separates by its lips into two areas and contains a third area in the walls of the sulcus e.g. lunate sulcus is an operculated sulcus...
- (1849). "Descriptions of forty-four supposed new species and varieties of operculated land s**** from Jamaica". Contributions to Conchology. 1: 1–14. Retrieved...
- marine gastropod mollusc in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. This operculated species attains a size of 135 mm. Western Pacific Ocean: Sea of Okhotsk...
- family Fasciolariidae, the spindle and tulip snails. A rare deep-water, operculated species, it attains a size of 73 mm and lives near the Philippines. Hemipolygona...
- Some important groups in Pezizomycotina include: Pezizomycetes (the operculate discomycetes), Leotiomycetes (the inoperculate discomycetes), Laboulbeniomycetes...
- 7 are terrestrial pulmonates other than stylommatophorans, and 8 are operculates (formerly "prosobranchs", molluscs with an operculum, a group that primarily...
- (1849). "Descriptions of forty-four supposed new species and varieties of operculated land s**** from Jamaica". Contributions to Conchology. 1: 1–14. Retrieved...
- (ready to hatch). The eggs of all trematodes (except schistosomes) are operculated. Some eggs are eaten by the intermediate host (snail) or they are hatched...