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branchia
[ brang-kee-uh ]
noun
, Zoology.
, plural bran·chi·ae [brang, -kee-ee].
- a gill.
branchia
/ ˈbræŋkɪə /
noun
- a gill in aquatic animals
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Derived Forms
- ˈbranchiˌate, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of branchia1
1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin branchia “gill” (plural branchiae ), from Greek: bránchia “gills,” plural of bránchion “fin”
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Example Sentences
Scutum and tergum articulated together, or overlapping each other; each branchia composed of a single plicated fold.
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In these there are neither branchia nor osphradium, and the pallial chamber which retains its large opening serves as a lung.
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Shell conical, not spiral; inferior pallial lobe transformed into a branchia.
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Visceral mass and shell sinistral; inferior pallial lobe very prominent, and transformed into a branchia.
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This has been called a branchial arm, not that it carried a branchia, but on account of its relation to the respiratory system.
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