\Pter`o*bran"chi*a\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a wing
+ ? ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of marine Bryozoa, having a bilobed lophophore and
an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called
also {Podostomata}. See {Rhabdopleura}.