abranchiate

abranchiate
/ay brang"kee it, -ayt'/, adj. Zool.
having no gills.
Also, abranchial /ay brang"kee euhl/.
[1850-55; A-6 + Gk bránchi(a) (neut. pl.) gills + -ATE1]

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