scutibranchiate

== English == === Etymology === From scute +‎ -i- +‎ branchiate. === Adjective === scutibranchiate (not comparable) (obsolete, zoology) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell (said of gastropods in the former order Scutibranchiata) === Noun === scutibranchiate (plural scutibranchiates) (obsolete, zoology) One of the Scutibranchiata. === References === “scutibranchiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.