Definition of Opisthobranchs

1. Noun. (plural of opisthobranch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Opisthobranchs

1. opisthobranch [n] - See also: opisthobranch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Opisthobranchs

opiparous
opipramol
opipramol hydrochloride
opisometer
opisometers
opisthenar
opisthia
opisthiobasial
opisthion
opisthionasial
opistho-
opisthobranch
opisthobranchiata
opisthobranchiate
opisthobranchiates
opisthobranchs (current term)
opisthocheilia
opisthocoelous
opisthocoraine
opisthodomes
opisthodomos
opisthoglypha
opisthoglyphous
opisthognathous
opisthograph
opisthographs
opisthography
opisthokont
opisthokonts

Literary usage of Opisthobranchs

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)
"In many of the Non-Palliate opisthobranchs the nervous system presents a concentration of the ganglia (fig. 67), contrasting greatly with what we have seen ..."

2. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"The rhinophores are the posterior pair of tentacles of the opisthobranchs. The single gonad empties its products in certain ..."

3. The Opisthobranchiate M̲o̲l̲l̲u̲s̲c̲a̲ of the Branner-Agassiz Expedition to by Frank Mace MacFarland (1909)
"The opisthobranchs of the Brazilian coast are but little known, ... Several shell-bearing opisthobranchs have been described by various authors, ..."

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