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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Branchia \Bran"chi*a\, noun; pl. {Branchi[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ?.] (Anat.) A gill; a respiratory organ for breathing the air contained in water, such as many aquatic and semiaquatic animals have.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
branchia
noun: respiratory organ of aquatic animals that breathe oxygen dissolved in water [syn: {gill}] [also: {branchiae} (pl)]
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