dibranchiate

[ dahy-brang-kee-it, -kee-eyt ]

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the Dibranchiata, a subclass or order of cephalopods with two gills, including the decapods and octopods.

noun

1. a dibranchiate cephalopod.

dibranchiate

/ -ˌeɪt; daɪˈbræŋkɪɪt /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Dibranchiata, a group or former order of cephalopod molluscs, including the octopuses, squids, and cuttlefish, having two gills

noun

1. any dibranchiate mollusc

Word History and Origins

Origin of dibranchiate¹

1825–35; < New Latin Dibranchiata; di- ¹, branchiate

Example Sentences

The dibranchiate genera, however, appear to have reached their maximum at the present day.

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An extinct group of Dibranchiate Cephalopods, comprising the Belemnites and their allies.

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As compared with this in a Dibranchiate, we find (fig. 25) only four apertures, viz.

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With this should be compared the similar view of the sub-pallial chamber of the Dibranchiate Sepia.

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