† pectinibranchialadj. [after French pectinibranchepectinibranchadj.] ZoologyObsoleterare = pectinibranchiateadj.
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1868 tr. L. Figuier Ocean World xiv. 410 In the Pectinibranchial Gasteropods [Fr. gastéropodes pectinibranches] the gills are composed of numerous leaflets cut like the teeth of a comb.