branchia
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Etymology
From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Noun
branchia (plural branchiae)
- A gill or other organ having the same function
Derived terms
Translations
gill or other organ having the same function — see gill
Anagrams
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Pronunciation
Noun
branchia f (plural branchie)
Related terms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”).
Noun
branchia f (genitive branchiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- branchia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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