prosobranchiate, a. (n.) Zool.
(-ˈbræŋkɪət)
[f. mod.L. Prosōbranchiāta = Prosōbranchia: see prec. and -ate2 2.]
Having the gills in front of the heart, as the aquatic gastropod molluscs of the group or order Prosōbranchia. b. n. = prec.
| 1877 Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. viii. 508 Nearly related forms are sometimes opisthobranchiate, sometimes prosobranchiate. 1880 G. W. Tryon Man. Conchol. II. 6 An external shell..is common to all the prosobranchiates. |