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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 haresplay

    Synonyms:

    Opisthobranchia; subclass Opisthobranchia

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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