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unibranchiate

unibranchiate adjective: having only one gill.

Adjective

unibranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having only one gill.
    • Some molluscs are unibranchiate.

Origin of unibranchiate

From uni- + branchiate.

Questions about unibranchiate

What does unibranchiate mean?
Unibranchiate means having only one gill.
What part of speech is unibranchiate?
Unibranchiate is an adjective.

Words near unibranchiate in the dictionary

  1. unibody
  2. uniboob
  3. uniboobs
  4. unibracteate
  5. unibracteolate
  6. unibranchiate
  7. unibrow
  8. unibrowed
  9. unibrows
  10. unic
  11. unica

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