branchiate

American  

[brang-kee-it, -eyt] / ˈbræŋ ki ɪt, -ˌeɪt /

adjective

Zoology.

1. having gills.

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Other Word Forms

• multibranchiate adjective

Etymology

Origin of branchiate

First recorded in 1865–70; branchi- + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

But there is no reason to suppose that a congenital defect of thyroid arising as a mutation was the original cause of the neoteny, i.e. the peisistence of the larval or aquatic, branchiate condition.

From Hormones and Heredity by Cunningham, J. T.

The absence of such renal caeca in Limulus and their presence in the terrestrial Arachnida is precisely on a parallel with their absence in aquatic Crustacea and their presence in the feebly branchiate Amphipoda.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

However, these transformed salamanders, of which twenty-nine were obtained from 1865 to 1870, did not breed, although their branchiate brethren continued to do so very freely.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

Thus we see that in our aquariums most of the axolotls remain in the branchiate condition, transformed individuals being on the whole very exceptional.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various

The state of being made up of branchiate segments.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah