Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the lamellar or foliaceous gills of crustaceans.
- noun A division of crustaceans, containing those decapods which are phyllobranchiate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A crustacean gill composed of lamellæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
crustacean gill composed oflamellae .
Etymologies
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phyllo- + branchia
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