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dibranchiate

dibranchiate adjective: having two gills.

Adjective

dibranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having two gills.

Noun

dibranchiate (plural dibranchiates)

  1. (obsolete) Any of the Dibranchiata, a former order of cephalopod having two gills

Forms of dibranchiate

pluraldibranchiates

Origin of dibranchiate

From di- + branchiate.

Questions about dibranchiate

What does dibranchiate mean?
Dibranchiate means having two gills.
What part of speech is dibranchiate?
Dibranchiate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dibranchiate in the dictionary

  1. diboronates
  2. diboson
  3. dibosonic
  4. dibosons
  5. dibotryoid
  6. dibranchiate
  7. dibranchiates
  8. dibridged
  9. dibridgehead
  10. dibromid
  11. dibromide

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