subclass Dibranchia meaning

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subclass Dibranchia (noun): comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish).

Definition of subclass Dibranchia

  1. comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)

    Synonyms: Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia

    Type of: class

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