branchia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *branchia*:
NOUN	animal	branchia, gill	respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water

English > *branchia*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water.
Synonym	gill
Narrower	ceras	One of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills
	ctenidium	comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks
	external gill	Occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians
Broader	respiratory organ	Any organ involved in the process of respiration
Spanish	agalla, branquia
Catalan	brànquia, gala, ganya
Adjectives	branchial	of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills)

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