verb
- third-person singular present tense of inoperculate; to remove or lack an operculum (a lid-like structure covering an opening, especially in mollusks or fish).
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The researcher inoperculates the specimen to examine the internal gill structure.
- This species of snail inoperculates naturally as it matures.
- The biologist carefully inoperculates the fish to study its respiratory system.