noun
comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
• Syn: ↑subclass Dibranchiata, ↑Dibranchia, ↑subclass Dibranchia
• Hypernyms: ↑class
• Member Holonyms: ↑Cephalopoda, ↑class Cephalopoda
• Member Meronyms: ↑Octopoda, ↑order Octopoda, ↑Decapoda, ↑order Decapoda, ↑Belemnoidea, ↑order Belemnoidea
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\(ˌ) ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷kēˈäd.ə, -ād.ə\synonym of dibranchia
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Dibranˈchia or Dibranchiāˈta plural noun
The two-gilled subclass of cephalopods
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Main Entry: ↑dibranchiate
Useful english dictionary. 2012.