abranchiata
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See also: Abranchiata
Translingual
Adjective
abranchiata
English
Etymology
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) + -ata.
Pronunciation
Noun
abranchiata (uncountable)
- (obsolete, zoology) An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
- (obsolete, zoology) Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals.
Synonyms
References
Oligochaeta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Oligochaeta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - “abranchiata”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “abranchiata”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
