Definition of Opisthabranchia

Definition of Opisthabranchia

{ ||O*pis`tho*bran"chi*a (?), O*pis`tho*bran`chi*a"ta (?), } n. pl. [NL., from Gr. &?; behind + &?; gills.] (Zoöl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and nudibranchs.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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