Definition of dibranchiata Dibranchiata
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What does dibranchiata mean?
WordNet
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| dibranchiata - comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) | ||
| subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia | ||
| class elegance in dress or behavior; "she has a lot of class" | ||
| cephalopoda, class cephalopoda octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus | ||
| octopoda, order octopoda octopuses and paper nautilus | ||
| decapoda, order decapoda squids and cuttlefishes | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dibranchiata (n. pl.)
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.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dibranchiata
dī-brang-ki-ā′ta, n. one of the two orders of cephalopoda, having two gills.—adj. Dibran′chiate. [Gr. di-, two, branchia, gills.]
Part of speech
🔤- dibranchiata, noun, singular of dibranchiatas / dibranchiatae.
