branchia

Noun

Meaning

A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gill lamella

Hypernyms

respiratory organ

Hyponyms

ceras ctenidium external gill

Derivatives

branchiae

Anagrams

Bahnaric bahranic

Close letter words and terms

branchery branchfall branchful branchiae branchial branchial arc