inferobranchiate

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English

Etymology

From infero- +‎ branchiate.

Adjective

inferobranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology, archaic, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle; belonging to the Inferobranchiata.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for inferobranchiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)