inoperculate

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English

Alternative forms

inopercular (rare)

Etymology

in- +‎ operculate

Adjective

inoperculate (not comparable)

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

Noun

inoperculate (plural inoperculates)

(zoology) Any organism that has no operculum.

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