Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SCUTIBRANCH
SCUTIBRANCH Scu "ti *branch, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Scutibranchiate. -- n.
Defn: One of the Scutibranchiata.
SCUTIBRANCHIA
Scu `ti *bran "chi *a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. ] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Scutibranchiata.
SCUTIBRANCHIAN
SCUTIBRANCHIAN Scu `ti *bran "chi *an, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Scutibranchiata.
SCUTIBRANCHIATA
Scu `ti *bran `chi *a "ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Scutum, and Branchia. ](Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of gastropod Mollusca having a heart with two auricles and one ventricle. The shell may be either spiral or shieldlike.
Note: It is now usually regarded as including only the Rhipidoglossa and the Docoglossa. When originally established, it included a heterogenous group of mollusks having shieldlike shells, such as Haliotis, Fissurella, Carinaria, etc.
SCUTIBRANCHIATE
SCUTIBRANCHIATE Scu `ti *bran "chi *ate, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n.
Defn: One of the Scutibranchiata.
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