NOUN | animal | subclass Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, Dibranchia | comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae |
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Meaning | Comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish). | |
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Synonyms | Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchiata, 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 |
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