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[Pref. in- (2), and Eng. opercular (q.v.).] [INOPERCULATA.] Of univalve shells : Having no operculum or lid. ( Owen .) In-ô-per-cu-lā-ta, s . pl . [Pref. in- (2), and Lat. operculata , neut. pl. of operculatus , pa. par. of operculo to furnish or cover with a lid; operculum =a cover, a lid.] Zool.: A section of Pulmoniferous Mollusks having the shell inoperculate (q. v.). It contains the highest families of the Pulmonifera, viz., Helicide, Limacide, Oncidiade, Limneide, and Auriculidse. in-o-per-cu-lāte, a. [INOPERCULATA.] Zool .: Not having an operculum or lid closing the aperture of the shell when the animal withdraws into it for shelter. "The rest are inoperculate , and sometimes shell-le ." Woodward: Mollusca (1875), p. 285. in-o-per-cu-lat-ěd, a . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. operculated .] The same as INOPERCULATE (q. v.). *In-op-in-a-ble, a. [Lat. inopinabilis , from in =not, and opinor =to expect.] Not to be expected. *In-op'-i-nāte, a. [Lat. i no pin at us ; Fr. inopiné .] Not expected, unexpected; not looked for. In-op-põr-tüne, a. [Lat. inopportunus , from in-not, and opportunus opportune (q. v.); Fr. inopportun; Sp. inoportuno; Ital. inopportuno .] Not opportune; inconvenient, unseasonable. in-op-por-tüne-lý, adv. [Eng. inopportune; ly.] In an inopportune manner or time; unseasonably, inconveniently. "Even that holy exercise may not be done inoppor tunely, nor importunely."-Donne: Letter to Sir H. G. *in-op-põr-tün'-i-ty, s . [Pref. in- (2), and Eng. opportunity (q. v.).] Want of opportunity; unin-op-prěs-sive, a. [Pref. in (2), and Eng. oppre ive (q. v.).] Not oppre ive, not burden. seasonablene . some. In-op-u-lent, a. [Pref. in- (2), and Eng.opulent (q. v.).] Not opulent; not affluent or rich; poor. in-or-di-na-çỹ, s. [Eng. in ord in a ( te ); -cy.] The quality or state of being inordinate; deviation from order or regularity; irregularity, disorder, exce , want of moderation, inordinatene . "They become very sinful by the exce , which were not so in their nature; that inordinacy sets them in opposition to God's designation." -Government of the Tongue.