Definitions for: Dibranchiata

[n] comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)

Webster (1913) Definition: Di*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- =
di`s- twice + ? gills.] (Zo["o]l.)
An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills,
an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or
ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and
squids. See Cephalopoda.

Synonyms: Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata

See Also: Belemnoidea, Cephalopoda, class, class Cephalopoda, Decapoda, Octopoda, order Belemnoidea, order Decapoda, order Octopoda

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