The Wordsmith Dictionary
Exact matches only
Allow stemming
Match all embedded
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
The Wordsmith Dictionary
The Wordsmith Dictionary