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Webster 1913 Edition


Pygobranchia


Pyˊgo-bran′chi-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
πυγή
the rump + [GREEK] a gill.]
(Zool.)
A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiæ in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.