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operculate

operculate adjective: having an operculum.

Adjective

operculate (not comparable)

  1. Having an operculum.
    Synonyms:
    operculated

Noun

operculate (plural operculates)

  1. Any gastropod mollusc that has an operculum

Verb

operculate (third-person singular simple present operculates, present participle operculating, simple past and past participle operculated)

  1. (obsolete, rare) To cover with a lid.

operculate meaning in Tamil

operculate in Tamil

மூடுயுடைய

Synonyms of operculate

Forms of operculate

Noun
pluraloperculates
Verb
third-person singular presentoperculates
present participleoperculating
past participleoperculated
pastoperculated

Origin of operculate

Borrowed from Latin operculātus, perfect passive participle of operculō (“to furnish with a lid”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from operculum (“lid”).

Words formed from operculate

Questions about operculate

What does operculate mean?
Operculate means having an operculum.
What is operculate in Tamil?
Operculate in Tamil is மூடுயுடைய. See Operculate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is operculate?
Operculate can be an adjective, a noun or a verb.

Words near operculate in the dictionary

  1. opercular
  2. opercularisation
  3. opercularization
  4. opercularly
  5. operculars
  6. operculate
  7. operculated
  8. operculates
  9. operculation
  10. opercule
  11. operculectomies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: operculate (page history and authors); operculate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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