Branchial :: Branchial (a.) Of or pertaining to branchiae or gills.

Branchiate :: Branchiate (a.) Furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments..

Branchiferous :: Branchiferous (a.) Having gills; branchiate; as, branchiferous gastropods..

Branchiness :: Branchiness (n.) Fullness of branches.

Branching :: Branching (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Branc.

Branching :: Branching (a.) Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches.

Branching :: Branching (n.) The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch.

Branchiogastropoda :: Branchiogastropoda (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata..

Branchiomerism :: Branchiomerism (n.) The state of being made up of branchiate segments.

Branchiopod :: Branchiopod (n.) One of the Branchiopoda.

Branchiopoda :: Branchiopoda (n. pl.) An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It is also called Phyllopoda. See Phyllopoda, Cladocera. It is sometimes used in a broader sense..

Branchiostegal :: Branchiostegal (a.) Pertaining to the membrane covering the gills of fishes.

Branchiostegal :: Branchiostegal (n.) A branchiostegal ray. See Illustration of Branchial arches in Appendix.

Branchiostege :: Branchiostege () The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.

Branchiostegous :: Branchiostegous (a.) Branchiostegal.

Branchiostoma :: Branchiostoma (n.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus.

Branchiura :: Branchiura (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus)..

Branchless :: Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

Branchlet :: Branchlet (n.) A little branch; a twig.

Branchy :: Branchy (a.) Full of branches; having wide-spreading branches; consisting of branches.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A burning piece of wood; or a stick or piece of wood partly burnt, whether burning or after the fire is extinct..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark made by burning with a hot iron, as upon a cask, to designate the quality, manufacturer, etc., of the contents, or upon an animal, to designate ownership; -- also, a mark for a similar purpose made in any other way, as with a stencil. Hence, figurately: Quality; kind; grade; as, a good brand of flour..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A mark put upon criminals with a hot iron. Hence: Any mark of infamy or vice; a stigma.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) An instrument to brand with; a branding iron.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) Any minute fungus which produces a burnt appearance in plants. The brands are of many species and several genera of the order Pucciniaei.

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) To burn a distinctive mark into or upon with a hot iron, to indicate quality, ownership, etc., or to mark as infamous (as a convict)..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) To put an actual distinctive mark upon in any other way, as with a stencil, to show quality of contents, name of manufacture, etc..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) Fig.: To fix a mark of infamy, or a stigma, upon..

Brand :: Brand (v. t.) To mark or impress indelibly, as with a hot iron..

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