Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tectibranchiate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tectibranchiate \Tec`ti*bran"chi*ate\, a. [L. tectus (p. p. of
tegere to cover) + E. branchiate.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to
the Tectibranchiata. -- n. A tectibranchiate mollusk.
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