Having a mantle or pallium like that of a mollusk.
Example sentencesExamples
The chlamydate Branchiogasteropods are usually provided with branciae, which either take the form of numerous lamellae, or of two plume-like organs, sometimes reduced to one functional gill and a rudiment of the second.
Definition of chlamydate in US English:
chlamydate
adjectiveˈklaməˌdāt
Zoology
Having a mantle or pallium like that of a mollusk.
Example sentencesExamples
The chlamydate Branchiogasteropods are usually provided with branciae, which either take the form of numerous lamellae, or of two plume-like organs, sometimes reduced to one functional gill and a rudiment of the second.