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..

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.

Dorsibranchiata :: dorsibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of chaetopod annelids in which the branchiae are along the back, on each side, or on the parapodia. [See Illusts. under Annelida and Chaetopoda.].

Dorsibranchiate :: Dorsibranchiate (a.) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata.

Dorsibranchiate :: Dorsibranchiate (n.) One of the Dorsibranchiata.

Elasmobranchiate :: Elasmobranchiate (a.) Of or pertaining to Elasmobranchii.

Elasmobranchiate :: Elasmobranchiate (n.) One of the Elasmobranchii.

Epibranchial :: Epibranchial (a.) Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch.

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