Word Meanings - BRANCHIAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to branchiæ or gills. Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Branchial clefts, the openings between

Additional info about word: BRANCHIAL

Of or pertaining to branchiæ or gills. Branchial arches, the bony or cartilaginous arches which support the gills on each side of the throat of fishes and amphibians. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Branchial clefts, the openings between the branchial arches through which water passes.

Related words: (words related to BRANCHIAL)

• SUPPORTABLE
  Capable of being supported, maintained, or endured; endurable. -- Sup*port"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*port"a*bly, adv.
• BRANCHIOSTOMA
  The lancelet. See Amphioxus.
• SUPPORTATION
  Maintenance; support. Chaucer. Bacon.
• SUPPORTFUL
  Abounding with support. Chapman.
• BRANCHING
  Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. Shaded with branching palm. Milton.
• THROATLATCH
  A strap of a bridle, halter, or the like, passing under a horse's throat.
• BRANCHIOPODA
  An order of Entomostraca; -- so named from the feet of branchiopods having been supposed to perform the function of gills. It includes the fresh-water genera Branchipus, Apus, and Limnadia, and the genus Artemia found in salt lakes. It
• BRANCHINESS
  Fullness of branches.
• SUPPORTLESS
  Having no support. Milton.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• APPENDIX
  1. Something appended or added; an appendage, adjunct, or concomitant. Normandy became an appendix to England. Sir M. Hale. 2. Any literary matter added to a book, but not necessarily essential to its completeness, and thus distinguished
• ARCHES
  pl. of Arch, n. Court of arches, or Arches Court , the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• THROATWORT
  A plant formerly considered a remedy for sore throats because of its throat-shaped corolla.
• THROATY
  Guttural; hoarse; having a guttural voice. "Hard, throaty words." Howell.
• ILLUSTRATION
  1. The act of illustrating; the act of making clear and distinct; education; also, the state of being illustrated, or of being made clear and distinct. 2. That which illustrates; a comparison or example intended to make clear or apprehensible,
• BRANCHIOGASTROPODA
  Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata.
• BRANCHIOSTEGOUS
  Branchiostegal.
• BRANCHIOSTEGE
  The branchiostegal membrane. See Illustration in Appendix.
• TECTIBRANCHIA
  See TECTIBRANCHIATA
• NUDIBRANCHIATA
  A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks, having no shell except while very young. The gills are naked and situated upon the back or sides. See Ceratobranchia.
• ABRANCHIAL
  Abranchiate.
• PYGOBRANCHIA
  A division of opisthobranchiate mollusks having the branchiæ in a wreath or group around the anal opening, as in the genus Doris.
• ASPIDOBRANCHIA
  A group of Gastropoda, with limpetlike shells, including the abalone shells and keyhole limpets.
• LAMELLIBRANCHIATE
  Having lamellar gills; belonging to the Lamellibranchia. -- n.
• BLUETHROAT
  A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia , related to the nightingales; -- called also blue-throated robin and blue-throated warbler.
• EPIBRANCHIAL
  Pertaining to the segment between the ceratobranchial and pharyngobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.
• HYPOBRANCHIAL
  Pertaining to the segment between the basibranchial and the ceratobranchial in a branchial arch. -- n.
• PULMOBRANCHIATA; PULMOBRANCHIATE
  See -ATE (more info) & n.
• PERENNIBRANCHIATE
  Having branchæ, or gills, through life; -- said especially of certain Amphibia, like the menobranchus. Opposed to caducibranchiate.
• TECTIBRANCHIATE
  Having the gills covered by the mantle; of or pertaining to the Tectibranchiata. -- n.
• SCYPHOBRANCHII
  An order of fishes including the blennioid and gobioid fishes, and other related families.
• CUTTHROAT
  One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.
• DERMOBRANCHIATE
  Having the skin modified to serve as a gill.
• CIRROBRANCHIATA
  A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.
• INTERCARTILAGINOUS
  Within cartilage; endochondral; as, intercartilaginous ossification.