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Webster 1913 Edition

Aspidobranchia

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Asˊpi-do-bran′chi-a

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK], [GREEK], shield + [GREEK] gills.]

(Zool.)

A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.