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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PECTINIBRANCH

PECTINIBRANCH Pec *tin "i *branch, n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the Pectinibranchiata. Also used adjectively.

 

PECTINIBRANCHIATA

Pec `ti *ni *bran `chi *a "ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Pecten, and Branchia. ](Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A division of Gastropoda, including those that have a comblike gill upon the neck.

 

PECTINIBRANCHIATE

Pec `ti *ni *bran "chi *ate, a. Etym: [L. pecten, -inis, a comb + E.branchiate. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Having pectinated gills.