"branchia" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: branchiae [plural]
Etymology: From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|branchia}} Latin branchia, {{der|en|grc|βράγχια|t=gills}} Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) Head templates: {{en-noun|branchiae}} branchia (plural branchiae)
  1. A gill or other organ having the same function. Derived forms: abranchious, branchial, branchiferous, parabranchia, phyllobranchia, pseudobranchia, trichobranchia

Noun [Italian]

IPA: /ˈbran.kja/ Forms: branchie [plural]
Rhymes: -ankja Etymology: Borrowed from Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|la|branchia}} Borrowed from Latin branchia, {{der|it|grc|βράγχια|t=gills}} Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} branchia f (plural branchie)
  1. gill Tags: feminine Related terms: branchiale
    Sense id: en-branchia-it-noun-jWqpRjCK Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: From Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|βρᾰ́γχῐον|βράγχια|gills}} Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”) Head templates: {{la-noun|branchia<1>}} branchia f (genitive branchiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|branchia<1>}} Forms: branchiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], branchia [nominative, singular], branchiae [nominative, plural], branchiae [genitive, singular], branchiārum [genitive, plural], branchiae [dative, singular], branchiīs [dative, plural], branchiam [accusative, singular], branchiās [accusative, plural], branchiā [ablative, singular], branchiīs [ablative, plural], branchia [singular, vocative], branchiae [plural, vocative]
  1. (usually in the plural) branchia (gill of a fish) Tags: declension-1, feminine, plural-normally

Inflected forms

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        "feminine",
        "plural-normally"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "branchia"
}

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