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Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [L. tectus (p.p. of tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.] Zool.
Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata.
n.
A tectibranchiate mollusk.
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