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Etymology
New Latin, from Latin a- + branchia (“gill”).
Proper noun
Abranchia
- (zoology) Animals without gills.
- (obsolete) All of those vertebrates that never have gills in their development.
- (dated) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – somewhat similar to the order Nudibranchia.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Annelida – annelids that lacked specialized respiratory systems, the Oligochaeta, including earthworms.
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