tec|ti|branch

tec|ti|branch
tec|ti|branch «TEHK tuh brangk», adjective, noun. Zoology.
–adj.
belonging to the marine gastropod mollusks, having the gills covered by the mantle, and small shells often concealed by the mantle.
–n.
such a gastropod.
[< Latin tectus, -ī covered + branchiae gills]

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