See Also: deoperculate(medicine)
deoperculate(dictionary)

guitar (oh) and deoperculate (iou)


guitar (oh)



guitar, guitar, acoustic, electric
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: guitare, from Spanish guitarra, from Arabic qitar, from Greek kithara type of stringed instrument]
a musical instrument with six strings that you play by pulling the strings with your fingers or with a plectrum (=small piece of plastic, metal etc)
an acoustic/an electric/a classical guitar

deoperculate (iou)



deoperculate adjective. M17.
[from DE- 3 + OPERCULATE.]
Uncovered. rare. Only in M17.
Botany. Having shed the operculum; having an operculum that does not separate from the capsule. M19.