Branchia Definition

brăngkē-ə
branchiae
noun
branchiae
A gill or similar organ of respiration.
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Noun

Singular:
branchia
Plural:
branchiae

Origin of Branchia

  • From Ancient Greek βράγχια (branchia, “gills")

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin from Greek brankhia gills

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Branchia Sentence Examples

  • The heart is usually posterior to the branchia (proso-branchiate).

  • In these there are neither branchia nor osphradium, and the pallial chamber which retains its large open ing serves as a lung.

  • Head very large, not marked off from the body; neither branchia nor suckers; fins situated near the middle of the body.

  • External to the branchia are seen ten club-like processes of the dorsal wall, these are the " cerata " which are characteristically developed in another sub-order of Opisthobranchs.

  • Visceral mass and shell conical; head flattened; pallial cavity aquatic, but without a branchia; genital apertures separated.

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