† pulmobranchian.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pulmo- comb. form, branchiae n.

Etymology: < pulmo- comb. form + branchiae n. Compare scientific Latin Pulmobranchia , former group name for the pulmonate molluscs (1858 or earlier). Compare earlier pulmobranchiate adj.

Zoology. Obsolete. rare.

An organ regarded as a gill modified for breathing air, spec. (a) a book-lung in certain arachnids; (b) the respiratory cavity of a pulmonate gastropod.

ΚΠ

1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 272/2 Arachnids breathe by..pulmo-branchiæ, said to be a compound of the gill of fish and the lung of mammals.

1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pulmo-branchiæ, the modified gills of certain animals (Arachnids, air-breathing Mollusca) adapted for air-breathing.

Derivatives

† pulmobranchial adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Pulmobranchial, in conch., breathing by means of..lung-sacs;..in entom., breathing by means of pulmotracheæ.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	pulmobranchia
释义	† pulmobranchian. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pulmo- comb. form, branchiae n. Etymology: < pulmo- comb. form + branchiae n. Compare scientific Latin Pulmobranchia , former group name for the pulmonate molluscs (1858 or earlier). Compare earlier pulmobranchiate adj. Zoology. Obsolete. rare. An organ regarded as a gill modified for breathing air, spec. (a) a book-lung in certain arachnids; (b) the respiratory cavity of a pulmonate gastropod. ΚΠ 1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 272/2 Arachnids breathe by..pulmo-branchiæ, said to be a compound of the gill of fish and the lung of mammals. 1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Pulmo-branchiæ, the modified gills of certain animals (Arachnids, air-breathing Mollusca) adapted for air-breathing. Derivatives † pulmobranchial adj. Obsolete rare Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Pulmobranchial, in conch., breathing by means of..lung-sacs;..in entom., breathing by means of pulmotracheæ. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1875
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