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Euthyneura :: Euthyneura (n. pl.) A large division of gastropod molluske, including the Pulmonifera and Opisthobranchiata..

Trachelobranchiate :: Trachelobranchiate (a.) Having the gills situated upon the neck; -- said of certain mollusks.

Lamellibranchia :: Lamellibranchia (n. pl.) Alt. of Lamellibranchiat.

Nidamental :: Nidamental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata..

Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..

Marsipobranch :: Marsipobranch (n.) One of the Marsipobranchia.

Moesogothic :: Moesogothic (a.) Belonging to the Moesogoths, a branch of the Goths who settled in Moesia..

Dorsibranchiate :: Dorsibranchiate (n.) One of the Dorsibranchiata.

Tentacle :: Tentacle (n.) A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion..

Snag :: Snag (n.) A tree, or a branch of a tree, fixed in the bottom of a river or other navigable water, and rising nearly or quite to the surface, by which boats are sometimes pierced and sunk..

Conferva :: Conferva (n.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense..

Decussated :: Decussated (a.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches..

Pharyngeal :: Pharyngeal (n.) A pharyngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches..

Innominate :: Innominate (a.) A term used in designating many parts otherwise unnamed; as, the innominate artery, a great branch of the arch of the aorta; the innominate vein, a great branch of the superior vena cava..

Discina :: Discina (n.) A genus of Branchiopoda, having a disklike shell, attached by one valve, which is perforated by the peduncle..

Hydromechanics :: Hydromechanics (n.) That branch of physics which treats of the mechanics of liquids, or of their laws of equilibrium and of motion..

Usnea :: Usnea (n.) A genus of lichens, most of the species of which have long, gray, pendulous, and finely branched fronds. Usnea barbata is the common bearded lichen which grows on branches of trees in northern forests..

Branchiopod :: Branchiopod (n.) One of the Branchiopoda.

Interbranchial :: Interbranchial (a.) Between the branchiae.

Mollusca :: Mollusca (n. pl.) One of the grand divisions of the animal kingdom, including the classes Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, PteropodaScaphopoda, and Lamellibranchiata, or Conchifera. These animals have an unsegmented bilateral body, with most of the organs and parts paired, but not repeated longitudinally. Most of them develop a mantle, which incloses either a branchial or a pulmonary cavity. They are generally more or less covered and protected by a calcareous shell, which may be univalve, bivalve, or m

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