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Webster 1913 Edition


Anthobranchia


Anˊtho-bran′chi-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἄνθοσ
flower + [GREEK] gills, n. pl.]
(Zool.)
A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See
Nudibranchiata
, and
Doris
.