palliobranchiate

English

Etymology

See pallium and branchia.

Adjective

palliobranchiate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology, archaic) Belonging to the former class Palliobranchiata; having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in certain brachiopods.
    palliobranchiate shells

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