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Webster 1913 Edition

dorsibranchiata

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dorˊsi-branˊchi-a′ta

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., from L.

dorsum

back +

branchiae

gills.]

(Zool.)

A division of chætopod annelids in which the branchiæ are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under

and

.]