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Webster 1913 Edition


Pleurobranch

Pleu′ro-branch

,
Noun.
[See
Pleuro-
, and
Branchia
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of the gills of a crustacean that is attached to the side of the thorax.

Definition 2024


pleurobranch

pleurobranch

English

Noun

pleurobranch (plural pleurobranchs)

  1. (zoology) Any of the gills of a crustacean that are attached to the side of the thorax.