unibranchiate

English

Etymology

uni- +‎ branchiate

Adjective

unibranchiate (not comparable)

(zoology, rare) Having only one gill.
Some molluscs are unibranchiate.

References

“unibranchiate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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