scutibranchiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata)
noun
  1. One of the Scutibranchiata.

Word forms

scutibranchiate scutibranchiates

Etymology

From scute + -i- + branchiate.

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