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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water;
[syn: gill, branchia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

branchia n 1: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water [syn: gill, branchia]