- Scutibranchiate
- Scutibranchiate Scu`ti*bran"chi*ate, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having the gills protected by a shieldlike shell; of or pertaining to the Scutibranchiata. -- n. One of the Scutibranchiata. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.