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dibranchiate
[ dahy-brang-kee-it, -kee-eyt ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Dibranchiata, a subclass or order of cephalopods with two gills, including the decapods and octopods.
noun
- a dibranchiate cephalopod.
dibranchiate
/ daɪˈbræŋkɪɪt; -ˌeɪt /
adjective
- 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
- any dibranchiate mollusc
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dibranchiate1
1825–35; < New Latin Dibranchiata; di- 1, branchiate
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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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