dibranchiate

American

[dahy-brang-kee-it, -kee-eyt] / daɪˈbræŋ ki ɪt, -kiˌeɪt /

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 British

/ -ˌeɪt, daɪˈbræŋkɪɪt /

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

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noun

any dibranchiate mollusc

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Etymology

Origin of dibranchiate

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

Example Sentences

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Argonaut—Female Ar�gonaut, a molluscous animal of the genus Argonauta, belonging to the dibranchiate or two-gilled cuttle-fishes, distinguished by the females possessing a single-chambered external shell, not organically connected with the body of the animal.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various

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