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Webster 1913 Edition


Inoperculate

{

Inˊo-per′cu-lar

,

Inˊo-per′cu-late

, }
Adj.
(Zool.)
Having no operculum; – said of certain gastropod shells.

Definition 2024


inoperculate

inoperculate

English

Alternative forms

  • inopercular (rare)

Adjective

inoperculate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Having no operculum; said of certain gastropod shells.

Noun

inoperculate (plural inoperculates)

  1. (zoology) Any organism that has no operculum.