abranchiata
Meanings
noun
- An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
- Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals.
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Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) + -ata.
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