Bran
101bran|chi|ae — «BRANG kee ee», noun (plural). 1. the organs of respiration in fishes; gills. 2. the gill like organs of other animals. ╂[see etym. under branchia1 (Cf. ↑branchia)] …
102bran|chi|al — «BRANG kee uhl», adjective. of or resembling branchiae or gills …
103bran|chi|at|ed — «BRANG kee AY tihd», adjective. = branchiate. (Cf. ↑branchiate) …
104bran|chi|ate — «BRANG kee iht, ayt», adjective. having branchiae or gills …
105bran|chif|er|ous — «brang KIHF uhr uhs», adjective. bearing or having branchiae. ╂[< branchi(ae) + ferous] …
106bran|chi|form — «BRANG kuh frm», adjective. like gills …
107bran|chi|o|pod — «BRANG kee uh pod», noun. any crustacean of a subclass of chiefly freshwater crustaceans having an elongated body and numerous pairs of flat, leaflike, thoracic appendages that serve as gills. Water fleas belong to this subclass. The group also… …
108bran|chi|os|te|gite — «BRANG kee OS tuh jyt», noun. a section of the carapace which covers the gills of crustaceans. ╂[< Greek bránchia gills + stégein cover + English ite1] …
109bran|chi|u|ran — «BRANG kee YUR uhn», noun. any one of a group of crustaceans related to the copepods, having sucking mouths, parasitic on marine and freshwater fishes; carp louse; fish louse. ╂[< Greek bránchia gills + ourá tail + English an1] …
110Bran|gus — «BRANG guhs», noun. Trademark. any one of a breed of beef cattle developed in the southern United States by crossbreeding Brahmas and Aberdeen Anguses …