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trichobranchia

trichobranchia noun: the gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.

Noun

trichobranchia (plural trichobranchiae)

  1. The gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.

Forms of trichobranchia

pluraltrichobranchiae

Origin of trichobranchia

From tricho- + branchia.

Questions about trichobranchia

What does trichobranchia mean?
Trichobranchia means the gill of a crustacean in which the branchial filaments are slender and cylindrical, as in the crawfishes.
What part of speech is trichobranchia?
Trichobranchia is a noun.
What is the plural of trichobranchia?
The plural of trichobranchia is trichobranchiae.

Words near trichobranchia in the dictionary

  1. trichoblastomas
  2. trichoblasts
  3. trichobothria
  4. trichobothrial
  5. trichobothrium
  6. trichobranchia
  7. trichobranchiae
  8. trichobranchiate
  9. trichocene
  10. trichocenes
  11. trichocephaloses

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