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Webster 1913 Edition


Cephalata


Cephˊa-la′ta

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κεφαλή
head.]
(Zool.)
A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; – so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.