dīˈbraŋkēə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from di- + Greek branchia gills — more at branchia
: a subclass or order of Cephalopoda including the squids and octopuses, being characterized by 2 gills, 2 auricles, 2 nephridia, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either 8 or 10 cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, and comprising all living cephalopods except those of the genus Nautilus
• di·bran·chi·ate (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷kēə̇t, -ēˌāt adjective or noun