abranchiata
See also: Abranchiata
English
editEtymology
editFrom New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) + -ata.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editabranchiata (uncountable)
- (obsolete, zoology) An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
- (obsolete, zoology)Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals.
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- 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.