Inferobranchiate
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Inferobranchiate is an adjective meaning (zoology, obsolete, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle, such as those of the genus Phyllidia. They once were classified under the order Inferobranchiata.
Meaning
(zoology, obsolete, said of some mollusks) Having the gills on the sides of the body, under the margin of the mantle, such as those of the genus Phyllidia. They once were classified under the order Inferobranchiata.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prosobranchiate, cryptobranchiate, abranchiate, marsipobranchiate, basibranchial, nucleobranch.
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