nudiˈbrachiate, a. Zool.
[f. nudi- + brachiate.]
Of polyps: Having arms or tentacles which are not covered with cilia.
| 1847–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. IV. 50/1 The Bryozoa..exhibiting a much higher phase of organisation than any of the nudibrachiate races. Ibid., In the nudibrachiate polypes. |