See Also: Cairngorm Mountains(encyclopedia)
cairngorm(dictionary)
Tatra mountains(tourism)
Virunga Mountains(encyclopedia)
Ural Mountains(encyclopedia)
Uinta Mountains(encyclopedia)
Taurus Mountains(encyclopedia)
Stanovoy Mountains(encyclopedia)
Selkirk Mountains(encyclopedia)
Sayan Mountains(encyclopedia)

operculate (iou) and Cairngorm Mountains (sh)


operculate (iou)



operculate adjective & noun. L18.
[from OPERCULUM + -ATE2.]
Zoology & Botany.
A. adjective. Provided with or having an operculum; effected by means of an operculum. L18.
B. noun. Pl. operculates, in Latin form operculata . A mollusc which bears an operculum. M19.
operculated adjective (now rare) = OPERCULATE adjective L17.

Cairngorm Mountains (sh)




Mountain range, northeastern Scotland.

It is located in the Highlands between the Spey and Dee river valleys; its highest peak is Ben Macdui, at 4,296 ft (1,309 m) the second-highest (after Ben Nevis) in the British Isles. Since World War II winter Sports have developed in the area. It is a chief source of the cairngorm variety of quartz.