-ˈbraŋkēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from aspid- + -branchia
: an order of Streptoneura comprising marine gastropods having the nervous system only slightly concentrated, usually exhibiting clear traces of ancestral bilateral symmetry, with two kidneys and two auricles, and including the limpets and other primitive forms
• as·pi·do·bran·chi·ate -|braŋkēə̇t, -ēˌāt adjective or noun