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Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.

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  1. a. Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses.
  2. a. Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
  3. adj. having an operculum
  4. 1. (Bot.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses. 2. (Zoöl.) Having an operculum, or an apparatus for protecting the gills; -- said of shells and of fishes.
  5. a having an operculum