branchia
noun
a gill.
branchiae
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pluralof branchia.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mantle oval, covering the head and the greater part of the body; anterior tentacles, ill-developed; branchiae generally retractile.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" by Various
The most remarkable feature presented by the heart of Nautilus is the possession of four instead of two auricles, a feature which is simply related to the metamerism of the branchiae.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
The ovigerous frena of certain cirripedes, which have ceased to give attachment to the ova and are feebly developed, are nascent branchiae.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
In the higher Vertebrata the branchiae have wholly disappeared—but in the embryo the slits on the sides of the neck and the loop-like course of the arteries still mark their former position.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
Darwin first saw these creatures in the Indian Ocean, and said that they seek the sea every night to moisten their branchiae.
From White Shadows in the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien
