subclass Dibranchiata

Definitions of subclass Dibranchiata
  1. noun
    comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish)
    synonyms: Dibranchia, Dibranchiata, subclass Dibranchia
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    (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders
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