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zygobranchous

zygobranchous adjective: of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia; zygobranchiate.

Adjective

zygobranchous (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia; zygobranchiate.
    • The zygobranchous genera which have been examined alive, namely, Haliotis, Diodora, Emarginula and Puncturella, are all specialized in one way or another, […]1947, C. M. Yonge, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, volume 232, number 591, →JSTOR, page 447
    • However, it does now seem highly probable that extracellular and not intracellular digestion is primitive in the Mollusca (being present in the chitons and probably in zygobranchous Gastropoda […]1958, Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, page 210

Questions about zygobranchous

What does zygobranchous mean?
Zygobranchous means of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia; zygobranchiate.
What part of speech is zygobranchous?
Zygobranchous is an adjective.

Words near zygobranchous in the dictionary

  1. zygoapophyseal
  2. zygoapophysial
  3. zygobolbid
  4. zygobranch
  5. zygobranchiate
  6. zygobranchous
  7. zygobranchs
  8. zygocacti
  9. zygocactus
  10. zygocardiac
  11. zygocondyle

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