Abranchiata

See also: abranchiata

Translingual

Etymology

From abranchiatus.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Abranchiata

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

Further reading

• “Abranchiata”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.