branchia
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1. respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | respiratory organ, |
| definition | : | any organ involved in the process of respiration (noun.body) |
| hyponym | : | ctenidium, |
| definition | : | comb-like respiratory structure serving as the gill of certain mollusks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ceras, |
| definition | : | one of the often brightly colored and branching hornlike structures on the back of the nudibranch (and other related mollusks) that serve as gills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | external gill, |
| definition | : | occurs in some mollusks and in tadpoles and other immature amphibians (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | branchial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | branchial, |
| definition | : | of or relating to gills (or to parts of the body derived from embryonic gills) (adj.pert) |
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