dibranchiateadj.n.
/dʌɪˈbraŋkɪət/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Belonging to the Dibranchiata, an order of cephalopods having two branchiæ or gills.
ΚΠ
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 520/1 The Dibranchiate Order of Cephalopods.
1875 C. C. Blake Zoology 244 In the dibranchiate Cephalopods, the animal is swimming.
B. n.
A cephalopod belonging to this order.
ΚΠ
1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 528/2 The..suckers with which the..arms of the Dibranchiates are provided.
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diˈbranchious adj. ‘having two branchiæ or gills’. New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon 1883.
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