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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Operculate

· O·per·cu·late · IPA
01 a. Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.
  1. 1.
    Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.(Zool.)