opisthobranch

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Scrabble points
25
Words With Friends
27
Letters
13
Pronunciation
/ɵˈpɪsθəbɹæŋk/

Definition of opisthobranch

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.
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noun

  1. A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Placed behind the heart.
  2. (not-comparable)Having gills placed behind the heart.
    “For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp.”

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Etymology

From opistho- + branchia.

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