abranchiata

abranchiata

1. feminine of abranchiatus

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

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

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abranchiata (uncountable)

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

• Abranchia

•   Oligochaeta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Oligochaeta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• “abranchiata”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “abranchiata”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.