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scutibranchiate

scutibranchiate adjective: having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata).

Adjective

scutibranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata)

Noun

scutibranchiate (plural scutibranchiates)

  1. (obsolete) One of the Scutibranchiata.

Forms of scutibranchiate

pluralscutibranchiates

Origin of scutibranchiate

From scute + -i- + branchiate.

Questions about scutibranchiate

What does scutibranchiate mean?
Scutibranchiate means having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata).
What part of speech is scutibranchiate?
Scutibranchiate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near scutibranchiate in the dictionary

  1. scutellum
  2. Scutelnici
  3. scutels
  4. scutes
  5. scutibranch
  6. scutibranchiate
  7. scutibranchiates
  8. scutibranchs
  9. scuticociliate
  10. scuticociliates
  11. scutiferous

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