DIBRANCHIATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dibranchiata mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIBRANCHIATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dibranchia; Dibranchiata; subclass Dibranchia; subclass Dibranchiata

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Dibranchiata"):

Octopoda; order Octopoda (octopuses and paper nautilus)

Decapoda; order Decapoda (squids and cuttlefishes)

Belemnoidea; order Belemnoidea (order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas)

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

Cephalopoda; class Cephalopoda (octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus)