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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Lacking an operculum.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no true operculum, as a snail; specifically, of or pertaining to the Inoperculata.
- In botany, not provided with an operculum or lid.
- Also inopercular, inoperculated.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having no
operculum ; said of certaingastropod shells .
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