dibranchia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Dibranchia*:
NOUN	animal	Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia	comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae

English > *Dibranchia*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish).
Synonyms	Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia
Member of	Cephalopoda, class Cephalopoda	octopuses
Members	Belemnoidea, order Belemnoidea	Order of extinct dibranchiate cephalopods related to the surviving spirulas
	Decapoda, order Decapoda	squids and cuttlefishes
	Octopoda, order Octopoda	octopuses and paper nautilus
Broader	class	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
Spanish	dibranquiados

HyperDic: dibranchia