Dibranchia n 1: comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish) [syn: {Dibranchiata}, {subclass Dibranchiata}, {Dibranchia}, {subclass Dibranchia}]
Dibranchia \Dibranchia\ n. 1. comprising all living cephalopods except the family Nautilidae: the orders Octopoda (octopuses) and Decapoda (squids and cuttlefish). Syn: Dibranchiata, subclass ta, Dibranchia, subclass Dibranchia. [WordNet 1.5]