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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Zygobranchia \Zyg`o*bran"chi*a\, n. pl [NL., from Gr ? a yoke + ? a gill.] (Zo["o]l.) A division of marine gastropods in which the gills are developed on both sides of the body and the renal organs are also paired. The abalone ({Haliotis}) and the keyhole limpet ({Fissurella}) are examples. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fissurella \Fis`su*rel"la\, n. [NL., dim. of L. fissura a fissure.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropod mollusks, having a conical or limpetlike shell, with an opening at the apex; -- called also {keyhole limpet}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Fissurella n : type genus of the family Fissurellidae: keyhole limpets [syn: {Fissurella}, {genus Fissurella}]
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