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Definition of Dibranch
1. Noun. Cephalopods having two gills.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dibranch
Literary usage of Dibranch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"The ink-bag'of dibranch .... Parallel cases of such shifting are seen in the
varying position of the orifice of the ink-bag in dibranch iata, ..."
2. On the Genesis of Species by St. George Jackson Mivart (1871)
"Thus it is probable that some four-gilled form was the progenitor of the dibranch
cephalopods. Now, the four-gilled kinds (judging from the only existing ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"... one ctenophore (Beroe); five medusae, one nu- dibranch mollusc ; one turbellarian,
a lizard and a snake, but our attention was turned mostly towards our ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Willey further enters with the question whether these tentacles are to be compared
to the arms of the dibranch cephalopods or to the acetabula as has been ..."
5. An Introduction to Historical Geology: With Special Reference to North America by William John Miller (1916)
"We learned that the dibranch Cephalopods made their first appearance in the
Triassic period. In the Jurassic these forms were exceedingly abundant both in ..."
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