Prosobranchiate
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Prosobranchiate is an adjective meaning (zoology) Synonym of prosobranch (“having the gills anterior to the heart”).
Meaning
(zoology) Synonym of prosobranch (“having the gills anterior to the heart”).
More Meanings
- (zoology, uncommon) Synonym of prosobranch (“a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart”).
Example Sentences
a prosobranchiate gastropod
The number of axons in the static nerve of prosobranchiates is usually greater than the number of receptor cells.
An external shell, usually sufficiently large to contain the entire animal, is common to all the prosobranchiates.
Pulmonate freshwater snails are found in every type of fresh water, as one might expect, and equally predictably the prosobranchiates are found only in streams and rivers.
Word Forms
- prosobranchiates
Synonyms for prosobranchiate
Depending on context, synonyms include prosobranch.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cryptobranchiate, abranchiate, inferobranchiate, marsipobranchiate, prebranchial, abranchial.
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