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-branch

a combining form for forming nouns and adjectives that denote gill formations or animals having gill formations.

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a granular metamorphic rock.

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Origin of -branch

< French -branche, New Latin -branchia, from Latin branchiae “gills” (see branchia)

Words nearby -branch

-blast, -blastic, -ble, -bodied, -bound, -branch, -browed, -bulia, -burger, -cade, -caine

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