Scū'ti-brăn'chi-an or Scū'ti-brăn'chi-ate1, n.
(-brănk'ī-), n. (Zoöl.) A scutibranchiate mollusk.
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Scutibranchian
Scū'ti-brăn'chi-ate2, a.
(-brănk'ī-), a. [Lat. scutum, a shield, and branchiæ, gills; Fr. scutibranche. See BRANCHIÆ.] (Zoöl.) Having the gills protected by a shield-like shell; as, the scutibranchiate mollusks. Dana.