nucleobranch

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adjective

Belonging to the Nucleobranchiata, a obsolete order of molluscs that have the gills packed in the shell along with the heart, such sea snails now mostly classified in the order Littorinimorpha.

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Meanings

adjectivenucleobranch (not comparable)
  1. not comparableobsoletebiologyBelonging to the Nucleobranchiata, a obsolete order of molluscs that have the gills packed in the shell along with the heart, such sea snails now mostly classified in the order Littorinimorpha.
nounnucleobranch (plural nucleobranchs)

plural nucleobranchs

  1. obsoletebiologyOne of the order Nucleobranchiata.
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APA

nucleobranch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nucleobranch

MLA

“nucleobranch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nucleobranch. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nucleobranch,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nucleobranch.

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