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Meaning of DIBRANCHIATA

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
 

DIBRANCHIATA is a 12 letter word that starts with D.

 

 Synonyms: Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata
 
 See Also: Belemnoidea, Cephalopoda, class, class Cephalopoda, Decapoda, Octopoda, order Belemnoidea, order Decapoda, order Octopoda

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- =
di`s- twice + ? gills.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills,
an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or
ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and
squids. See {Cephalopoda}.

 

 

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