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OPISTHOBRANCHIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gastropods having the gills when present posterior to the heart and having no operculum: includes sea slugs; sea butterflies; sea hares
Synonyms:
Opisthobranchia; subclass Opisthobranchia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Opisthobranchia" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Opisthobranchia"):
Nudibranchia; order Nudibranchia (comprising numerous marine gastropod mollusks lacking a shell in the adult state and usually having a body like a slug)
Holonyms ("Opisthobranchia" is a member of...):
class Gasteropoda; class Gastropoda; Gasteropoda; Gastropoda (snails and slugs and their relatives)
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