What does debranchiate mean?
Debranchiate means (zoology) Lacking branchiae..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(zoology) Lacking branchiae..
One was wholly debranchiate, the other had but one gill plume remaining.
Sectioned buccal masses of several debranchiate cephalopods prepared by Mrs. von Boletzky were studied with the help of S. von Boletzky at the Laboratoire Arago in Banyuls-sur-Mer.
If this is the significance of septa in the nautilus, the same must be said of all nautiloid shells, and the families of Ammonites and Orthoceratites; and as the structure of the phragmacone of Belemnites is essentially similar, it must also be applied to such debranchiate shells as are chambered.
Use debranchiate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Debranchiate means (zoology) Lacking branchiae..
Common synonyms include abranchial, abranchiate, abranchious.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
One was wholly debranchiate, the other had but one gill plume remaining.
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