Definition of branch

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Branch (n.) Any division extending like a branch; any arm or part connected with the main body of thing; ramification; as, the branch of an antler; the branch of a chandelier; a branch of a river; a branch of a railway..

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Olive :: Olive (n.) A tree (Olea Europaea) with small oblong or elliptical leaves, axillary clusters of flowers, and oval, one-seeded drupes. The tree has been cultivated for its fruit for thousands of years, and its branches are the emblems of peace. The wood is yellowish brown and beautifully variegated..
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.].
Ramiflorous :: Ramiflorous (a.) Flowering on the branches.
Squalid :: Squali (n. pl.) The suborder of elasmobranch fishes which comprises the sharks.
Spiracle :: Spiracle (n.) A tubular orifice communicating with the gill cavity of certain ganoid and all elasmobranch fishes. It is the modified first gill cleft.
Atrypa :: Atrypa (n.) A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones..
Branchiopod :: Branchiopod (n.) One of the Branchiopoda.
Brush :: Brush (n.) Branches of trees lopped off; brushwood.
Myzontes :: Myzontes (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
Calmucks :: Calmucks (n. pl.) A branch of the Mongolian race inhabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks..
Rhipidoglossa :: Rhipidoglossa (n. pl.) A division of gastropod mollusks having a large number of long, divergent, hooklike, lingual teeth in each transverse row. It includes the scutibranchs. See Illustration in Appendix..
Laboratory :: Laboratory (n.) The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile..
Dibranchiate :: Dibranchiate (a.) Having two gills.
Fastigiated :: Fastigiated (a.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed..
Abranchial :: Abranchial (a.) Abranchiate.
Incurrent :: Incurrent (a.) Characterized by a current which flows inward; as, the incurrent orifice of lamellibranch Mollusca..
Sea Lemon :: Sea lemon () Any one of several species of nudibranchiate mollusks of the genus Doris and allied genera, having a smooth, thick, convex yellow body..
Tentacle :: Tentacle (n.) A more or less elongated process or organ, simple or branched, proceeding from the head or cephalic region of invertebrate animals, being either an organ of sense, prehension, or motion..
Oceanology :: Oceanology (n.) That branch of science which relates to the ocean.
Divaricate :: Divaricate (v. i.) To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork.
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