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tetrabranchiate

tetrabranchiate adjective: of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata, a former order of cephalopod having four gills.

Adjective

tetrabranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata, a former order of cephalopod having four gills.

Noun

tetrabranchiate (plural tetrabranchiates)

  1. (obsolete) Any of the Tetrabranchiata.

Forms of tetrabranchiate

pluraltetrabranchiates

Questions about tetrabranchiate

What does tetrabranchiate mean?
Tetrabranchiate means of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata, a former order of cephalopod having four gills.
What part of speech is tetrabranchiate?
Tetrabranchiate can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tetrabranchiate in the dictionary

  1. tetraboron
  2. tetrabrach
  3. tetrabrachion
  4. tetrabrachions
  5. tetrabranch
  6. tetrabranchiate
  7. tetrabranchiates
  8. tetrabranchs
  9. tetrabromid
  10. tetrabromide
  11. tetrabromides

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