siphonobranchiate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having a siphon or siphons to convey water to the gills (said of gastropods of the former order Siphonobranchiata.

Word forms

siphonobranchiate

Etymology

From translingual Siphonobranchiata (see -ate), from siphono- + branchia + -ata.

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