Abranchia
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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Latin a- + branchia (“gill”).
Proper noun[edit]
Abranchia
- (zoology) Animals without gills.
- (obsolete) All of those vertebrates that never have gills in their development.
- (dated) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – somewhat similar to the order Nudibranchia.
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Annelida – annelids that lacked specialized respiratory systems, the Oligochaeta, including earthworms.
Further reading[edit]
- “Abranchia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.