Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the gills covered; pertaining to the Tectibranchiata, or having their characters.
- noun A gastropod belonging to the Tectibranchiata. They have been styled by Carpenter crawlers with sheltered gills.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Having the
gills covered by themantle ; of or relating to the Tectibranchiata. - noun Any tectibranchiate
mollusk .
Etymologies
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Latin tectus (past participle of tegere to cover) + English branchiate.
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