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branchio-

branchio- prefix: relating to the gills of a fish.

Prefix

branchio-

  1. Relating to the gills of a fish
  2. Relating to the branchial arch

Origin of branchio-

From Ancient Greek βράγχιον (bránkhion, “gill”).

Questions about branchio-

What does branchio- mean?
Branchio- means relating to the gills of a fish.
What part of speech is branchio-?
Branchio- is a prefix.

Words near branchio- in the dictionary

  1. branching processes
  2. branching ratio
  3. branching ratios
  4. branchingly
  5. branchings
  6. branchio-
  7. branchiobdellid
  8. branchiobdellids
  9. branchiocardiac
  10. branchiogenic
  11. branchioma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: branchio- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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