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.

Caducibranchiate :: Caducibranchiate (a.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

Capitibranchiata :: Capitibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.

Ceratobranchia :: Ceratobranchia (n. pl.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

Ceratobranchial :: Ceratobranchial (a.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch..

Ceratobranchial :: Ceratobranchial (n.) A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage..

Cirrobranchiata :: Cirrobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda..

Cryptobranchiata :: Cryptobranchiata (n. pl.) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata.

Cryptobranchiata :: Cryptobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks.

Cryptobranchiate :: Cryptobranchiate (a.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.

Cyclobranchiate :: Cyclobranchiate (a.) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets..

Dermobranchiata :: Dermobranchiata (n. pl.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills.

Dermobranchiate :: Dermobranchiate (a.) Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.

Dibranchiata :: Dibranchiata (n. pl.) An order of cephalopods which includes those with two gills, an apparatus for emitting an inky fluid, and either eight or ten cephalic arms bearing suckers or hooks, as the octopi and squids. See Cephalopoda..

Dibranchiate :: Dibranchiate (a.) Having two gills.

Dibranchiate :: Dibranchiate (n.) One of the Dibranchiata.

Disbranch :: Disbranch (v.) To divest of a branch or branches; to tear off.

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