branchia

From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

branchia (plural branchiae)

1. A gill or other organ having the same function.

• bra chain

From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbran.kja/

branchia f (plural branchie)

1. gill

• branchiale

branchia f (genitive branchiae); first declension

1. (usually in the plural) branchia (gill of a fish)

First-declension noun.

• English: branchiate

• branchia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• branchia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• branchia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette