单词 | branchia |
释义 | branchia (once / 22134 pages) n WORD FAMILY branchia: branchiae, branchial USAGE EXAMPLESGills or branchiae may be developed by parts of an appendage becoming thin-walled and vascular and either expanded into a thin lamella or ramified. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2012) Branchiæ are either wanting or rudimentary, respiration being principally effected through the walls of the carapace. Lubbock, John, Sir, On the Origin and Metamorphoses of...(2011) Further, the Pleurotomariidae have been discovered to possess two branchiae. Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edit...(2011) n respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water Syn|Hypo|Hyper gill ctenidium comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks cerasone of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills external gilloccurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians respiratory organ any organ involved in the process of respiration |
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