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debranchiate

debranchiate adjective: lacking branchiae.

Adjective

debranchiate (not comparable)

  1. Lacking branchiae.
    • 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.1864 October, Harry Seeley, “On the Septa and Siphuncles of Cephalopod Shells”, in The Quarterly Journal of Science, I, № iv, page 761/2
    • One was wholly debranchiate, the other had but one gill plume remaining.1934, Natural History Report: Zoology VII, British Museum, page 144

Synonyms of debranchiate

Origin of debranchiate

From de- + branchiate.

Questions about debranchiate

What does debranchiate mean?
Debranchiate means lacking branchiae.
What part of speech is debranchiate?
Debranchiate is an adjective.

Words near debranchiate in the dictionary

  1. debranchase
  2. debranched
  3. debrancher
  4. debranchers
  5. debranches
  6. debranchiate
  7. debranching
  8. debrand
  9. debranded
  10. debranding
  11. debrands

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