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DIBRANCHIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Dibranchia mean?
• DIBRANCHIA (noun)
The noun DIBRANCHIA has 1 sense:
1. comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
Familiarity information: DIBRANCHIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata
Hypernyms ("Dibranchia" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Dibranchia"):
Octopoda; order Octopoda (octopuses and paper nautilus)
Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)
Belemnoidea; order Belemnoidea (order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas)
Holonyms ("Dibranchia" is a member of...):
Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda (octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus)
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