| BRANCHIA | • branchia n. A gill or other organ having the same function. • BRANCHIA n. (Latin) a gill. |
| BRANCHIAE | • branchiae n. Plural of branchia. • BRANCHIA n. (Latin) a gill. |
| BRANCHIAL | • branchial adj. Of, pertaining to, or resembling gills or the embryonic branchial arches and clefts. • branchial n. A branchial arch. • BRANCHIAL adj. of or relating to gills. |
| ABRANCHIAL | • abranchial adj. (Zoology) Lacking gills. • ABRANCHIAL adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIATE. |
| BRANCHIATE | • branchiate adj. (Anatomy) Furnished with branchiae; gilled, having gills. • BRANCHIATE adj. furnished with branchiae; as, branchiate segments. |
| ABRANCHIATE | • abranchiate adj. (Zoology) Without gills. • abranchiate n. (Zoology) An organism that does not have gills. • ABRANCHIATE adj. lacking gills, also ABRANCHIAL. |
| DIBRANCHIATE | • dibranchiate adj. (Zoology) Having two gills. • dibranchiate n. (Zoology) Any of the Dibranchiata. • DIBRANCHIATE adj. having two gills. |
| DIBRANCHIATES | • dibranchiates n. Plural of dibranchiate. • DIBRANCHIATE n. any of a certain subclass of cephalopods. |
| NUDIBRANCHIATE | • NUDIBRANCHIATE n. a member of the Nudibranchiata, sea slugs, also NUDIBRANCH. |
| ZYGOBRANCHIATE | • zygobranchiate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Zygobranchia. • ZYGOBRANCHIATE n. a type of gastropod having paired, symmetrically placed gills, also ZYGOBRANCH. |
| DORSIBRANCHIATE | • dorsibranchiate adj. (Zoology) Having branchiae along the back; belonging to the Dorsibranchiata. • dorsibranchiate n. (Zoology) Any of the Dorsibranchiata. • DORSIBRANCHIATE adj. having gills on the back. |
| LOPHOBRANCHIATE | • lophobranchiate adj. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Lophobranchii. • LOPHOBRANCHIATE n. any fish of the seahorse and pipefish genus. |
| NUDIBRANCHIATES | • NUDIBRANCHIATE n. a member of the Nudibranchiata, sea slugs, also NUDIBRANCH. |
| PULMOBRANCHIATE | • pulmobranchiate adj. (Zoology) Breathing by means of lung sacs. • PULMOBRANCHIATE adj. relating to a pulmobranch, a lung-book. |
| TECTIBRANCHIATE | • tectibranchiate adj. (Zoology, obsolete) Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or relating to the former order Tectibranchiata. • tectibranchiate n. Any tectibranchiate mollusk. • TECTIBRANCHIATE adj. of a like a tectibranch, any member of the Tectibranchiata, molluscs including sea-slugs. |
| TETRABRANCHIATE | • tetrabranchiate adj. (Zoology) Of or relating to the Tetrabranchiata; having four gills. • tetrabranchiate n. (Zoology) Any of the Tetrabranchiata. • TETRABRANCHIATE n. any mollusc belonging to the Tetrabranchia, with four gills. |
| ZYGOBRANCHIATES | • ZYGOBRANCHIATE n. a type of gastropod having paired, symmetrically placed gills, also ZYGOBRANCH. |