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prosobranchiates

prosobranchiates is the plural of prosobranchiate.

Meaning of prosobranchiate

Noun

prosobranchiate (plural prosobranchiates)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of prosobranch (“a gastropod with gills anterior to the heart”).
    • An external shell, usually sufficiently large to contain the entire animal, is common to all the prosobranchiates.1880, George W[ashington] Tryon, Jr., “Prosobranchiata”, in Manual of Conchology; Structural and Systematic. […], volume II (Muricinæ, Purpurinæ), Philadelphia, Pa.: […] [T]he Author, Academy of...
    Synonyms:
    prosobranch

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Questions about prosobranchiates

What is prosobranchiates the plural of?
Prosobranchiates is the plural of prosobranchiate.

Words near prosobranchiates in the dictionary

  1. proso millet
  2. proso millets
  3. proso-
  4. prosobranch
  5. prosobranchiate
  6. prosobranchiates
  7. prosobranchs
  8. prosocial
  9. prosocialist
  10. prosocialists
  11. prosociality

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