Brăn'chiæ, n. pl.

(brănk'ĭ-ē), n. pl. [Lat. branchiæ, pl. of branchia, Gr. βράγχια, pl. of βράγχιον.] (Anat.) Gills; a term applied to the organs of respiration in certain animals which live in water, as fishes and crustacea. Carpenter.