siphonobranchiate
Meanings
adj
- Having a siphon or siphons to convey water to the gills (said of gastropods of the former order Siphonobranchiata.
Word forms
Etymology
From translingual Siphonobranchiata (see -ate), from siphono- + branchia + -ata.
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