PROSOBRANCH


Meaning of PROSOBRANCH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-sə-ˌbraŋk ]

noun

( plural -branchs )

Etymology: New Latin Prosobranchia, from proso- in front (from Greek prosō forward) + branchia gills (from Greek)

Date: 1851

: any of a subclass (Prosobranchia) of gastropod mollusks that have the loop of visceral nerves twisted into a figure eight, the sexes usually separate, and usually an operculum

• prosobranch adjective

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