Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Bearing gills; having branchiæ.
  • Of or pertaining to the Branchifera.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Anat.) Having gills; branchiate.

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  • adjective anatomy Having gills; branchiate.

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  • Bearing gills (as opposed to ramiferous, bearing branches).

    January 7, 2008