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opisthobranch en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ɵˈpɪsθəbɹæŋk/

Etymology

From opistho- + branchia.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of gills) Placed behind the heart.
2. (not-comparable, of a gastropod) Having gills placed behind the heart.
   • For example, the antitumour depsipeptide kahalalide F was isolated from the opisthobranch mollusc Elysia rufescens, and is used by both the mollusc and its dietary alga Bryopsis spp. 2016 January 21, “Choose Your Weaponry: Selective Storage of a Single Toxic Compound, Latrunculin A, by Closely Related Nudibranch Molluscs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

Antonyms

prosobranch · prosobranch

opisthobranch en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɵˈpɪsθəbɹæŋk/

Etymology

From opistho- + branchia.

Meanings

1. A gastropod with gills behind the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group.

Forms

Deriveds

opisthobranchism