abranchiata

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Translingual [edit]

Etymology [edit]

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (branchia, “gills”) +‎ -ata

Adjective [edit]

abranchiata

  1. Used as a specific epithet; without gills.

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (branchia, “gills”) + -ata

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (US) IPA: /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌɑ.tə/, /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌeɪ.tə/

Noun [edit]

abranchiata (uncountable)

  1. (zoology) An obsolete order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.
  2. Any of a number of gill-less animals excluding Abranchia.
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