branchia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water
    gill.

WordNet

Bran"chi*a noun
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. , pl. of .
Wordforms
plural Branchiæ
Definitions
  1. (Anat.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

Webster 1913