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Dibranchiata

Dibranchiata Meaning & Definition
Dibranchiata Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dibranchiata?

[n] comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dibranchiata: Dibranchia | subclass Dibranchia | subclass Dibranchiata

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See Also | Belemnoidea | Cephalopoda | class | class Cephalopoda | Decapoda | Octopoda | order Belemnoidea | order Decapoda | order Octopoda

Dibranchiata In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? gills.] (Zo["o]l.) 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}.

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