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{ ||O*pis`tho*bran"chi*a (?),
O*pis`tho*bran`chi*a"ta (?), } n. pl.
[NL., from Gr. &?; behind + &?; gills.] (Zoöl.) A
division of gastropod Mollusca, in which the breathing organs are
usually situated behind the heart. It includes the tectibranchs and
nudibranchs.

O*pis`tho*bran"chi*ate (?), a.
(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the
Opisthobranchiata. -- n. One of the
Opisthobranchiata.

{ O*pis`tho*cœ"li*an (?),
O*pis`tho*cœ"lous (?), } a. [Gr. &?;
behind + koi^los hollow,] (Anat.) Concave
behind; -- applied especially to vertebræ in which the anterior
end of the centrum is convex and the posterior concave.

O*pis"tho*dome (?), n. [L.
opisthodomus, Gr. &?;; &?; behind + do`mos house:
cf. F. opisthodome.] (Arch.) A back chamber;
especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main
entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as
a treasury.

||O*pis`tho*glyph"a (?), n.


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