Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A false or spiracular gill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anat.) Same as
pseudobranchia .
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- noun
pseudobranchia
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The planorbid snails have evolved an accessory gill, the pseudobranch, that helps them extract oxygen from the water.
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