Definition of Operculates. Meaning of Operculates. Synonyms of Operculates

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Definition of Operculates

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 Operculates from wikipedia

- identify and classify related groups (genera) of land operculates, and likewise some marine operculates.[citation needed] The oldest known human depiction...
- species of very small fresh water snail with an operculum, an aquatic operculate gastropod mollusks in the family Hydrobiidae. Species in the genus Rifia...
- 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...
- consists of ten segments, some of which may be obscured by a large pair of operculate gills, a thoracic shield (expanded part of the prothorax) or the developing...
- mechanisms that can be grouped into the broad categories of operculate or inoperculate. Operculate discharge involves the complete or incomplete detachment...
- 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...
- Ser**** vermicularis, known by common names including the calcareous tubeworm, fan worm, plume worm or red tube worm, is a species of segmented marine...
- as poricidal dehiscence. The pore may have a cover (operculate poricidal dehiscence or operculate dehiscence) that is referred to as an operculum or it...
- Neritidae, ****hon corona The Caenogastropoda are a large group of gilled operculate snails, which are largely marine. In freshwater habitats there are ten...