phyllobranchiateadj.
/ˌfɪlə(ʊ)ˈbraŋkɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˌfɪləˈbræŋkiˌeɪt/ Zoology.
Provided with phyllobranchiae; of the nature of a phyllobranchia.
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phyllobranchiate1878
1878 T. H. Huxley in Proc. Zool. Soc. 4 June 782 The structure..which obtains in Gebia and Callianassa, which are truly phyllobranchiate.
1880 Nature 12 Feb. 355/2 Crayfishes..differ from prawns..in..being ‘trichobranchiate’ in place of ‘phyllobranchiate’.
1940 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 129 119 This difference is possibly correlated with the fact that Carcinus is phyllobranchiate and Astacus trichobranchiate.
1979 K. U. Clarke in A. P. Gupta Arthropod Phylogeny viii. 495 The phyllo-branchiate gills, consisting of a central axis bearing flattened platelike branches, are found in many Caridea.
2001 G. N. Soliman Mideastern Invertebr. Fauna: Pt. II x. 318 Other decapods..may possess trichobranchiate gills with filamentous branches which are not further branched, or phyllobranchiate, or lamellar, gills with flattened branches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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