dibranchiata

Noun

Synonyms: Dibranchiata subclass Dibranchiata Dibranchia subclass Dibranchia

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

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

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dibranchiata \Di*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. di- = di`s- twice + ? gills.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]