branchia

[ brang-kee-uh ]

/ ˈbræŋ ki ə /

noun, plural bran·chi·ae [brang-kee-ee] /ˈbræŋ kiˌi/. Zoology.

a gill.

Nearby words

branched chain ketoaciduria, brancher deficiency amylopectinosis, brancher enzyme, branches of government, branchi-, branchia, branchial, branchial arch, branchial cell, branchial cleft, branchial duct

Origin of branchia

1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin branchia “gill” (plural branchiae), from Greek: bránchia “gills,” plural of bránchion “fin”

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Examples from the Web for branchia

Shell conical, not spiral; inferior pallial lobe transformed into a branchia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various
Tadpoles (after they have cast their branchia or gills), newts, and rock fish can be used to the extent of six to the gallon.
Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880|Various
Visceral mass and shell sinistral; inferior pallial lobe very prominent, and transformed into a branchia.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5|Various
On each side of the branchia is a series of lamellae, least in number in the Octopoda.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6|Various

First branchia on each side attached to second somite just in front and mesad of the first setigerous tubercle.
Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol. 11. No. 1.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for branchia

branchia

/ (ˈbræŋkɪə) /

noun plural -chiae (-kɪˌiː)

a gill in aquatic animals

Derived Formsbranchiate, adjective

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