abranchiata

== Translingual == === Adjective === abranchiata Feminine of abranchiatus == English == === Etymology === From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) + -ata. === Pronunciation === (US) IPA(key): /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌɑ.tə/, /eɪˈbɹæŋ.kiˌeɪ.tə/ === Noun === abranchiata (uncountable) (obsolete) (zoology) An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta. (zoology) Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals. ==== Synonyms ==== Abranchia === References === Oligochaeta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Oligochaeta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies “abranchiata”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “abranchiata”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.