a. Zool. [f. Gr. ἀ not + χλαμύδ-α (χλαμύς) cloak, mantle + -ATE2.] Of certain Mollusks: Having no mantle.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. An., viii. 510. In the achlamydate forms true gills are usually absent.
a. Zool. [f. Gr. ἀ not + χλαμύδ-α (χλαμύς) cloak, mantle + -ATE2.] Of certain Mollusks: Having no mantle.
1877. Huxley, Anat. Inv. An., viii. 510. In the achlamydate forms true gills are usually absent.
