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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)
n
1: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water [syn: gill, branchia]
Oxford Reference Dictionary
n.pl. (also branchiae) gills. Derivatives: branchial adj. branchiate adj. Etymology: L branchia, pl. -ae, f. Gk bragkhia pl.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
Branchia Bran"chi*a, n.; pl. Branchi[ae]. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?.] (Anat.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
