BRANCHIA
\bɹˈankiə], \bɹˈankiə], \b_ɹ_ˈa_n_k_i__ə]\
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A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
By Oddity Software
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A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
By Noah Webster.
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The gills or respiratory organs of fishes, corresponding to the lungs of terrestrial animals.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).