Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a circlet of plaited gills, as a limpet; specifically, having the characters of the Cyclobranchiata.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having the
gills around themargin of the body, as certainlimpets do.
Etymologies
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cyclo- + branchiate
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