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Branchia
| branchial
| branchial arch
| branchial cleft
| branchiate
| branchiferous
Branchia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Branchia has 1 sense
- branchia(n = noun.animal) gill - respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water; Array has particulars: ctenidium, ceras, external gill
is a kind of respiratory organ
Derived form adjective branchial1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Branchia, n. [L., fr. Gr. , pl. of .].
A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Branchia, n.pl. (also branchiae) gills.
Derivative
branchial adj. branchiate adj.
Etymology
L branchia, pl. -ae, f. Gk bragkhia pl.
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