Abranchial :: Abranchial (a.) Abranchiate.

Abranchiata :: Abranchiata (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration..

Abranchiate :: Abranchiate (a.) Without gills.

Anthobranchia :: Anthobranchia (n. pl.) A division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris..

Aspidobranchia :: Aspidobranchia (n. pl.) A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets..

Branchia :: Branchia (n.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have..

Branchiae :: Branchiae (pl. ) of Branchi.

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)..

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..

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