Pellibranchiata

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pellibranchiata \Pel`li*bran`chi*a"ta\, n. pl. [NL., fr. pellis
     garment + branchia a gill.] (Zool.)
     A division of Nudibranchiata, in which the mantle itself
     serves as a gill.
     [1913 Webster]