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Dibranchiata

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Di`bran`chi`a´ta
n. pl.1.(Zool.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda.
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Noun1.Dibranchiata - comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchiata
Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda - octopuses; squids; cuttlefish; pearly nautilus
Octopoda, order Octopoda - octopuses and paper nautilus
Decapoda, order Decapoda - squids and cuttlefishes
Belemnoidea, order Belemnoidea - order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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