Meaning of DIBRANCHIATA
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| | Definition: | | [n] comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) |
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| | Synonyms: | | Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata |
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| | See Also: | | Belemnoidea, Cephalopoda, class, class Cephalopoda, Decapoda, Octopoda, order Belemnoidea, order Decapoda, order Octopoda | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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