Crossword-Solution: OPISTHOBRANCHIA
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Opisthobranchia | n. pl. | Alt. of Opisthobranchiata |
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Hint 1 meaning
A slender outgrowth from the chitinous cuticle of insects,
spiders, crustaceans, and other invertebrates. Such hairs are totally
unlike those of vertebrates in structure, composition, and mode of
growth.
Hint 2 anagram
HARI
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Sentences with OPISTHOBRANCHIA (5)
The heart lies in front of, instead of to the side of, the attachment of the ctenidium--hence Opisthobranchia as opposed to "Prosobranchia," which correspond to the Streptoneura.
Many Opisthobranchia have by a process of atrophy lost the typical ctenidium and the mantle-skirt, and have developed other organs in their place.
But in respect of the substitution of other parts for the mantle-skirt and for the gill which the more degenerate Opisthobranchia exhibit, this order stands alone.
Some Opisthobranchia are striking examples of degeneration (some Nudibranchia), having none of those regions or processes of the body developed which distinguish the archaic Mollusca from such flat-worms as the Dendrocoel Planarians.
Euthyneurous Gastropoda, probably derived from ancestral forms similar to the Tectibranchiate Opisthobranchia by adaptation to a terrestrial life.