English
inoperculate
From in- + operculate.
Formed from in- + operculate
Proto-Italic *opweriō
Latin operiō ‘to close’
Latin operculum ‘to furnish with a lid’
Latin operculātus
English operculate
Today it means
adj Having no operculum; said of certain gastropod shells.
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Etymograph / inoperculate