Meanings
adjectivebranchiferous (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparablebiologyHaving gills; branchiate.
Origin
- New Latinbranchiferus
- Englishbranchiferous
From branchia + -ferous, or directly from New Latin branchiferus.
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Rhymes with branchiferous
carboniferousseminiferouscruciferousmetalliferousfossiliferousodoriferousacetabuliferousacidiferousaeriferousaestiferousagatiferousalbuminiferousaliferousalkaliferousalumiferousaluminiferousamberiferousamentiferousammonitiferousamygdaliferousamyliferousanatiferousangeliferousantenniferous
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APA
branchiferous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/branchiferous
MLA
“branchiferous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/branchiferous. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “branchiferous,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/branchiferous.
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