Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of opisthobranchiate gastropods with the gills exposed or contractible into a cavity on the surface of the mantle.
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Of some gymnobranchiata the writer observes: "I never saw any living animals with such gorgeous colors -- the most vivid carmine and pure white, mixed with golden yellow in the bodies and mantles, and the gills of pale lemon-color and lilac.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 33, December, 1873 Various
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