Tĕc'ti-brăn'chi-ate1, a.
a. [From Lat. tectus, p. p. of tegere, to cover, and Lat. branchiae, q. v.; Fr. tecti-branche.] (Zoöl.) Having the gills covered by the mantle; as, the tectibranchiate mollusks.
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Tectibranchiate
Tēe'ti-brān'chi-ate2, n.
n. [See supra.] (Zoöl.) One of an order of gastropodous mollusks, having the gills covered by the mantle.