Lexic.us

Definition of Operculated

1. Adjective. Having an operculum.

Definition of Operculated

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Operculated

1. 1. Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses. 2. Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; said of shells and of fishes. Origin: L. Operculatus, p.p. Of operculare to furnish with a lid, fr. Operculum lid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Operculated

Literary usage of Operculated

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"These are, in fact, intermediate between gill- bearing aquatic snails and operculated land snails with lungs but without gills. ..."

2. Animal Life as Affected by the Natural Conditions of Existence by Carl Semper (1881)
"... Palu- dina, Anodonta, and Unio, and it is consequently superfluous to Fio. 77.—Two operculated fresh-water univalves, a, Melania ; b, ..."

3. Exotic Conchology: Or, Figures and Descriptions of Rare, Beautiful, Or by William Swainson, Sylvanus Charles Thorp Hanley (1841)
"... semble a land shell, is an operculated marine mollusc and found alive in the seas of Spain and Portugal. Should this statement prove correct, ..."

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