Abranchiata

== Translingual == === Etymology === From abranchiatus. === Pronunciation === English: (US) IPA(key): /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌɑ.tə/, /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌeɪ.tə/ === Proper noun === Abranchiata (archaic) An obsolete order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration. (archaic) Any of a number of gill-less animals excluding Abranchia. === Further reading === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “Abranchiata”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.