Meaning of "operculate" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF OPERCULATE

operculate  [əʊˈpɜːkjʊlɪt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPERCULATE

Operculate is an adjective.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OPERCULATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Operculum (gastropod)

The operculum, meaning little lid, is a corneous or calcareous anatomical structure like a trapdoor which exists in many groups of sea snails and freshwater snails, and also in a few groups of land snails. In other words, this structure is found in some marine and freshwater gastropods, and in a minority of terrestrial gastropods, including the families Helicinidae, Cyclophoridae, Aciculidae, Maizaniidae, Pomatiidae, etc. The operculum is attached to the upper surface of the foot and in its most complete state, it serves as a sort of "trapdoor" to close the aperture of the shell when the soft parts of the animal are retracted. The shape of the operculum varies greatly from one family of gastropods to another. It is fairly often circular, or more or less oval in shape. In species where the operculum fits snugly, its outline corresponds exactly to the shape of the aperture of the shell and it serves to seal the entrance of the shell. A small air-hole may remain to aid respiration, especially during aestivation. Many families have opercula that are reduced in size, and which are not capable of closing the shell aperture.

TRANSLATION OF OPERCULATE

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• Translator English - Chinese: 鳃盖骨
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• English: operculate
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• Translator English - Arabic: ذو وصاد
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• Translator English - Malay: Mengendalikan
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• Translator English - Japanese: 有蓋
• Translator English - Korean: operculate
• Translator English - Javanese: Nindakake
• Translator English - Vietnamese: có nắp
• Translator English - Tamil: operculate
• Translator English - Marathi: परिचालित करणे
• Translator English - Turkish: operculate
• Translator English - Italian: opercolate
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPERCULATE»

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The cyclophorid operculate land mollusks of America

This contribution is divided into three parts: Part 1 which deals with the forms inhabiting the island of Cuba, Part 2 where members of the family known from the West Indies exclusive of Cuba are described, and Part 3, where mainland fauna ...

Carlos de la Torre y Huerta, Paul Bartsch, Joseph Paul Eldred Morrison, 1942

The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and ...

In contrast, the operculate snail groups that invaded land are mostly confined to the moist tropics (Solem 1974). The systematics of operculate land snails is currently undergoing revision (Ponder and Lindberg 1997, Barker 2001); results to ...

Charles F. Sturm, Timothy A. Pearce, Ángel Valdés, 2006

Biology of Snail-Killing Sciomyzidae Flies

Sciomyzidae larvae that fed on crushed operculate snails in laboratory rearings Sciomyzidae Habitat Operculate snail Reference Sepedon aenescens (O, P) Freshwater marshes and ponds “Operculates” O. Beaver et al. (1977) Sepedon ...

Lloyd Vernon Knutson, Jean-Claude Vala, 2011

The Edinburgh encyclopedia

Phascum, anthera operculate; mouth ciliated; calyptra minute. 5. Fontinalis, anthera operculate ; calyptra sessile, enclosed in a perichatium. 6. Buxbaumia, anthera operculate, membranaceous on the one side ; calyptra caducous ; a little bag ...

Sir David Brewster, 1832

Ephemeroptera de América Del Sur

Leptohyphodes – Operculate gills triangular, semi-triangular or oval, never meeting medially (Fig. 91A); gills present on abdominal segments II-VI, ventral lamellae without imbricated lobes at margin (Figs. 92R-V); eyes of male not divided, ...

‎2006

The Edinburgh encyclopaedia

Phascum, anthera operculate ; mouth ciliated; calyptra minute. 5. Fontinalis, anthera operculate ; calyptra sessile, enclosed in a perichstium. 6. Buxbaumia, anthera operculate, membranaceous on the one side ; calyptra caducous , a little bag ...

Sir David Brewster, 1832

The Mayflies of Florida

Margin of gill lamellae 3-6 fringed 21 20(19) Operculate gill elongate-oval to oval. Fore femora with transverse band of moderately long to short, robust spines (fig. 142) Leptohyphes dolani Operculate gill triangular or subovate (plate 19).

Lewis Berner, Manuel L. Pescador, 1988

Methods in Stream Ecology

... abdominal segment 2 large and operculate Operculate gills on abdominal segment 2 well separated (Leptohyphidae) Operculate gills on abdominal Operculate gills on abdominal segment 2 fused along midline (Neoephemeridae) segment ...

F. Richard Hauer, Gary A. Lamberti, 2011

Keys to the Trematoda

... receptacle and Laurer's canal; the pre-ovarian vitellarium in two masses that are compact or dendritic; the uterus extending far into the hindbody, rarely forming loops anteriorly to the ventral sucker; and the small and non-operculate eggs.

David Ian Gibson, Rodney Alan Bray, Arlene Jones, 2008

Animal Parasites: Their Life Cycles and Ecology

B, Embryonated operculate egg. C, Hexacanth larva. D-G, Glaridacris cato- stomus. D. E, Anterior and posterior ends of plero- cercoid-like monozoic adult cestode. F, Unembryo- nated operculate egg. G, Procercoid. H-N, Pseudophyllidea.

Oliver Wilford Olsen, 1974

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPERCULATE»

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Practical advice for an increase in rumen fluke

Rumen fluke eggs are oval and operculate, resembling Fasciola hepatica eggs, but they are slightly larger and transparent, rather than yellow ... «Farming Life, Jan 14»

Restaurant critic S. Irene Virbila: A delicious quiz

Dialect name for operculate snails ... in Syracuse, cooked a 'mbriaca (drunk), stewed with onion, oil, black pepper, red chili salt and red wine. «Los Angeles Times, Apr 11»