What is having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes called?
operculate — (Zoöl.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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