tetrabranchiate

[ te-truh-brang-kee-it, -eyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the Nautiloidea (Tetrabranchiata), a subclass or order of cephalopods with four gills, including the pearly nautilus and numerous fossil forms.

tetrabranchiate

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Tetrabranchiata, a former order of cephalopod molluscs having four gills and including the pearly nautilus

noun

any mollusc belonging to the Tetrabranchiata

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tetrabranchiate¹

First recorded in 1825–35; tetra- + branchiate

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Example Sentences

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Tetrabranchiate, tet-ra-brang′ki-āt, adj. having four gills.—n.pl.

From

Sī′phonostome, a siphonostomatous animal, as a fish-louse; Sī′phuncle, the siphon or funnel of tetrabranchiate cephalopods: a nectary.—adjs.

From

Rhyncholite, ring′kō-līt, n. the fossil beak of a tetrabranchiate cephalopod.

From

The ancient genus Nautilus still survives, the sole representative of the once mighty order of the Tetrabranchiate Cephalopods.

From

A family of Tetrabranchiate Cephalopods, so called from the resemblance of the shell of the type-genus, Ammonites, to the horns of the Egyptian God, Jupiter-Ammon.

From

tetrabrach tetrabromofluorescein

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