tetrabranchiate

American

[te-truh-brang-kee-it, -eyt] / ˌtɛ trəˈbræŋ ki ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.

tetrabranchiate British

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Tetrabranchiata, a former order of cephalopod molluscs having four gills and including the pearly nautilus

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noun

any mollusc belonging to the Tetrabranchiata

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Etymology

Origin of tetrabranchiate

First recorded in 1825–35; tetra- + branchiate

Example Sentences

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Rhyncholite, ring′kō-līt, n. the fossil beak of a tetrabranchiate cephalopod.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

Sī′phonostome, a siphonostomatous animal, as a fish-louse; Sī′phuncle, the siphon or funnel of tetrabranchiate cephalopods: a nectary.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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