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Webster 1913 Edition


Hydrobranchiata


Hyˊdro-branˊchi-a′ta

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ὕδωρ
water + [GREEK] gills.]
(Zool.)
An extensive artificial division of gastropod mollusks, including those that breathe by gills, as contrasted with the Pulmonifera.
Hyˊdro-bran′chi-ate
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Adj.