Abranchia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin a- + branchia (“gill”).

Proper noun

Abranchia

1. (zoology) Animals without gills.
   1. (obsolete) All of those vertebrates that never have gills in their development.
   2. (dated) A taxonomic order within the class Gastropoda – somewhat similar to the order Nudibranchia.
   3. (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the phylum Annelida – annelids that lacked specialized respiratory systems, the Oligochaeta, including earthworms.

Further reading

• “Abranchia”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.