{ } 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Zool.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.; pl. L. Opercula E. Operculums [ L., a cover or lid, fr. operire to cover. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) The lid of a pitcherform leaf. (b) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Anat.) (a) Any lidlike or operculiform process or part; as, the opercula of a dental follicle. (b) The fold of integument, usually supported by bony plates, which protects the gills of most fishes and some amphibians; the gill cover; the gill lid. (c) The principal opercular bone in the upper and posterior part of the gill cover. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. (Zool.) (a) The lid closing the aperture of various species of shells, as the common whelk. See Illust. of Gastropoda. (b) Any lid-shaped structure closing the aperture of a tube or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
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