abranchiata

Meaning

Noun

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

Origin

  • From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- + βράγχια + -ata

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