OPISTHOBRANCHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Opisthobranchia mean? 

• OPISTHOBRANCHIA (noun)
  The noun OPISTHOBRANCHIA has 1 sense:

1. gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares

  Familiarity information: OPISTHOBRANCHIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPISTHOBRANCHIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Opisthobranchia; subclass Opisthobranchia

Hypernyms ("Opisthobranchia" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Opisthobranchia"):

Nudibranchia; order Nudibranchia (comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug)

Holonyms ("Opisthobranchia" is a member of...):

class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)