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.
operculated adj : having an operculum [syn: {operculate}]