hypobranchiate

hypobranchiate, a. Zool.

(hɪpəʊ-, haɪpəʊˈbræŋkɪət)

[f. mod.L. Hypobranchiāta: see hypo- 2 and branchiate.]

Belonging to the Hypobranchiata (Inferobranchiata), gasteropod molluscs in which the branchiæ are situated beneath the body (Mayne, 1855).