Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Plural of
ctenidium .
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- noun Plural form of
ctenidium .
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Examples
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Most of the heterobranchs, including standard sea slugs and pulmonates, have lost the ancestral ctenidia.
Everybody loves algae AYDIN 2007
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The gills ctenidia of marine snails did not evolve into lungs.
Everybody loves algae AYDIN 2007
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As the food passes along the gills (ctenidia) they combine with mucous and become trapped.
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As the food passes along the gills (ctenidia) they combine with mucous and become trapped.
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As the food passes along the gills (ctenidia) they combine with mucous and become trapped.
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As the food passes along the gills (ctenidia) they combine with mucous and become trapped.
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